R-A-N-T

Your either a conformist to the conformists, or a non-conformist to the non- conformists. I really see nothing in between. We all get satisfaction NOT by pleasing ourselves, but my gaining the reverence and acceptance from others. If life was once about survival it is not anymore. Survival has taken the back seat to the longing for favorable reception of society. What is a society anyways? According to the dictionary Society is; "The aggregate of people living in a more or less ordered community." This notion does not seem flawed, however, over time the meaning of "ordered community" has been tremendously skewed. With advertisements, the starbucks and wal-marts of the world and with branding... we have all become sheep; Our Shepherd, the corporation! I just see less and less individuality and I can't help but question who or what is responsible. We seem to be measured NOT by our intelligence or kindness but instead by our net-worth and our ability to comply with the latest trends. Nobody questions the American dream because that would go against the keynote. Obtaining the American dream is to not have to ever question its validity. Children, a house, two cars and green grass. It all sounds so GOOD, but the absolute bullshit we have to go through to get there devalues the entire hypothesis. Why then, do we do it? What seems to have happened is that over time the evolution of society has conditioned the majority into believing that their happiness can be found inside the conglomorate world. Instead of searching for what makes us happy we instead DECIDE that specific things make us happy because they have to in order to survive inside the traditions of society. I mean, really ask yourself... who in their right mind actually LOVES selling jewelery. It just does not make sense that anybody can find happiness in trying to convince another person so spend money on a lump of pressed coal. Life should not work that way. We worship people we have never met instead of our own mothers, we wear clothing that costs enough money to feed a family for an entire month and we let other people decide whether or not we fit in someplace in the world. As far as I am concered there is NO fitting it. Not once person is doing this right not one person is doing this wrong... we are all just doing it as it comes and this is a frame of mind that should undulate amongst the people. I loathe the monetary system, I have no appreciation for style and I believe judgement is the weakest act of human behavior. 

This rant of mine is born out of societal ignorance. I just feel like nobody really knows who they are unless they are told. We all decide whether or not we like somebody not based on where they have been or what they believe in but rather what they can offer and whether or not their shoes match their handbag. It could be my own self conscious delusions? Maybe i'm just paranoid that I am constantly being sized up by the blue-blooded crowds of New York but I just feel this negative vibration sometimes and I cant help but wonder what cradles this animosity? It's as though we are all fighting for a place to belong and are forgetting that there is more space on this earth than people and theres no need to push and shove. Spread out... it's easy if we try. Ignorance in this case is not bliss...it's just over crowded egocentricity.