The New Dinosaurs

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Once upon a time dinosaurs roamed and ruled the earth. Little humans (as they appeared to giants) stayed in their caves out of fear. Alright I don't know that they stayed in their caves. Somehow they survived and outlived the monster.

The good news is we are still here. Bad news is we seem to be destroying our chances for survival.

There is a tendency to dismiss the idea of nurture as a way of behaving in our capitalist technological world.

What we have achieved is a society of different worths. The highly educated, the rich, the capitalist factories, the inventors of cars, buses and trains, the hospitals, the education of health, including entertainment, circuses, television and other wonders. We humans have achieved a lot. Or at least some of us have.

We have also created the labelization of people. National names. Religious groups. Types of personalities. There is some benefit to this but we tend to get carried away making judgements, creating types, prisons, special schools, universities. 

We have slaughtered the carefree mind, filling it with fear and worry, false advertisements promoting long life and good health. Misogyny, machismo training young men to fear their feelings. Wars. Prisons. Roads. Pollution. The dictionary is too heavy to hold.

Separating people into types creates more fear. Nuclear Weapons. Laws. Newspapers.

Yes we keep building more things to create a better world. But there are always the losers and the winners.

Labelling people as losers separates us from humanity, our kin. Today we have the most powerful nation run by opportunists. We inherited our own enemy. We try to segregate them as we have for centuries.

The "upper class" who have enough money to buy a big home, send their children to good schools, places of worship and other things to create a "better" world. Unfortunately privilege has also destroyed better worlds. We are trapped by fear. It's not our fault. But it is our fault. 

Workers, engineers, fishermen, wives, mothers, lawyers, capitalists, bus drivers, teachers, mothers, housekeepers, garbage pick ups, gardeners, shop-keepers, scientists, doctors, nurses, and on it goes.

We are amazing. So amazing we are evil, compassionate, controlling, warriors and defenders. As time moves on we may be described as magical, but the future looks scary. To all of us. Rich or poor.

So let's stop judging, making enemies in our minds, and let's learn how to guide the future for us all.