Thursday, November 20, 2025
ESSAY: LIVING LIKE A SLAVE IN THE MODERN WORLD?
BY DONOVAN BALDWIN
I just read a post by someone complaining about "living like a slave" because they had to go to work for some large corporation, to buy the food they need to survive.
Just left me curious.
They DO realize, of course, that if they did NOT work for some large corporation to earn the money to buy the food they need to survive, they WOULD have to plant it, grow it, reap it, kill it, or whatever it themselves?
And, I haven't even gotten to soap, cars, clothing, cereal, Adidas, coffee, wine, insulin, and rocket ships.
People complain about people who worry about the stock market.
They DO realize, of course, that retirement funds and insurance companies get their money from the stock market, right?
People complain about "big pharma", but they DO realize, that without "big pharma', some relative or close friend might be dead, right?
Survival isn't free. We get the goodies we get because someone, somewhere, is willing to "invest" in it.
The best arrow maker in the tribe ate well, NOT because he was the best hunter, but because he COULD make damn good arrows.
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| DONOVAN BALDWIN |
Just left me curious.
They DO realize, of course, that if they did NOT work for some large corporation to earn the money to buy the food they need to survive, they WOULD have to plant it, grow it, reap it, kill it, or whatever it themselves?
And, I haven't even gotten to soap, cars, clothing, cereal, Adidas, coffee, wine, insulin, and rocket ships.
People complain about people who worry about the stock market.
They DO realize, of course, that retirement funds and insurance companies get their money from the stock market, right?
People complain about "big pharma", but they DO realize, that without "big pharma', some relative or close friend might be dead, right?
Survival isn't free. We get the goodies we get because someone, somewhere, is willing to "invest" in it.
The best arrow maker in the tribe ate well, NOT because he was the best hunter, but because he COULD make damn good arrows.
Not everything is always "cut and dried", "black or white", or "right or wrong". To live honestly we have to face, and sometimes accept, uncomfortable realities. Complaining will not change things.
Just thinking out loud.
Just thinking out loud.
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# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 9:45 AM 
