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I am writing this article as a “cry for attention”, because I don’t really feel home anymore in this society. I see a lot of things changing and I don’t find it positive at all.

I see lack of respect, lack of principles, lack of safety, less friendlyness between people, more and more egoistic people (on the road), more demand to power and money, more criminality, more trash, discrimination and I see a society that’s really killing eachother …

I hope by writing this article to reach certain (groups of) people who might think “this is true” or “yes, I could help to change this”, maybe that little step could be a big change in society to get it living again…

People are very easy influenced, some are influenced by talking, discussions and some are influenced by media like movies, television, newspapers, books, etc… A lot of people are thinking like a collective, there is a leading party and they just follow. I can understand a lot of people are less individual and counting on the support of the society, but, is that support really there when you really need it? Or do you feel accepted if you are (a bit) different in certain views or actions?

“The lack of individualism is destroying the society !”

A lot of people are currently living in their “protected environment” called society .. but is it really that safe? Are you really protected or could it be you can be a danger for other people by thinking like that? Are you protected by the society? In a certain way you feel very protected, you feel you have help whenever you need to but what if “the bug” of society hits you in the face?

If you think very deep about it you might find your answer. Below here I am going to give a few examples and I only ask you, think about it, but look at it very sober, without pink-glasses …

You can tell “look at it on the bright side” but what if that side is not bright at all? Why would I need to believe and look to an illusion? Sometimes I wonder if I am the only person seeing all these changes but then, sometimes I find somebody who is also thinking the same and even understanding me … These people make me feel better because I am not the only one and there is a problem …

The problem is growing bigger and bigger and as a single individual I could not change this, a lot of individuals could change this.

Do not ask me to change myself to “the” society and change my basic principles I grew up with because I simply cannot do that, they are me, my personality, my strength and my believe. I believe in myself, I believe in what I do and I believe in 100% respect for anything on this world, sure for humans, animals and the rest of the nature. A lot of people are not having that 100% respect or do not think straight enough about the consequences …

Hence, a lot of people seem to not live their live but let others control their live! How pathetic and cynical does the word “living” mean to them?

Some examples …

1. I see lack of respectThese days I see a lot of lack of respect for animals, the nature and mainly for other humans. A lot of people are not being listened to, fights … Having respect for somebody or something is caring for that somebody/something as if it is your own blood, your own property. I respect everybody, even my worst enemy, for 100%. I will still try to understand, talk, take care of problems with respect in a decent way. I will not go fighting over something that can be solved by talking, neither I will use somebodies property for purposes it should not be used for …
2. lack of principlesPrinciples are for me the basic rules in life. One of my principles is that I will not hurt anybody, no humans, animals or objects (which cannot be hurt but rather broken).
   I will not bring somebody in danger, I will care about anybody I see and I will help wherever really needed.

   Another principle is that I will respect anybody or anything for 100%, I will not change that respect. This does not mean I trust anybody I see. My trust is 50/50 with people, some people deserve my trust and some not; partially because it’s my life and my safety.

   Discrimination is another principle, I will never discriminate in colors, size, race, or whatever you can discriminate on. Everybody is equal in my book. Somebody trying to hurt me in one or another way will not get my trust and I will protect myself but I will never look to a group of people as it if would be “their fault”. It’s not because there are Belgian criminals every Belgian citizen is a criminal.

   I have a lot of principles and certain principles are literally being broken by others. This feels very bad. My principle in safety is continuesly being broken on the road, in my life by other people … This feels even worse than bad!

   I really start to wonder how much people really do have principles in their life in these dark times …

   I wonder even more how many people are really keeping themselves on their principles, not breaking them all the time …

3. lack of safetyLook at the roads, how many people are actually still using their direction lights? How many people think about you while you want to pass by with your car? How many people are so egoistic thinking the road is only for them only while driving ONLY on the left lane while the right lane is completely free? A lot of these people are causing a lot of danger on the roads, safety is a oxymoron if you do not participate with it … Enough said about the road…Safety between people is also a problem these days, for example in sex. More and more people are doing unsafe sex infecting other people while mostly not even knowing this.A lot of people think “everything will be allright” but it won’t be allright by itself, nature will not help you in safety, YOU will be the piece in the chain of safety to help in a better and safer future …
4. less friendliness between peopleHow many people say thank you these days? Or how many people greet you on the street? Do you say goodmorning at your baker? Do you talk to your neightbours or do you really care about your friends? I have a very friendly pharmasist who says “hi” every time I see him and I say “hi” back. This because we do exist and we like that both, that can be expressed by simply saying a “hi” to your neighbour…Customer support is also getting scarce, it seems to be the customer is no longer the king but the corporations want to be the king. Do not forget that corporations ONLY exist if there are customers … Treat them right and you will keep them but treat them wrong and eventually your business will die….
5. more and more egoistic people (on the road)As I told in the “safety” chapter, people are getting more and more egoistic… I added the “on the road” part because I see that problem mostly on the road, in the car, on the streets, at the sidewalk …People are thinking more and more about themselves and their property only. Their selfimportance. I can only say one thing to all the people…“Take care of your fellow human and that fellow human will take care of you, be egoistic and you create egoism back”What will it be if the world will be full of egoism? Thinking only about their own goal, vision, property?

   I can tell, it will die, slowly, with pain, humans are made to be with eachother, to interact with eachother, not to fight or to only protect your own property but also to protect eachother … To care about eachother – the least you can do!

6. more demand to power and moneyBecause of egoism there is more and more demand for power and money. Currently there are leaders at the top of their country and citizens using their power on a wrong way. They want more power or want to use it for wrong purposes.Mostly this power is connected with money, more power is more money. Look at the mega-corporations, scams, criminality and maybe your government…Do you still believe you are not being influenced by people who are really having the power in influencing you? Mostly because of money ? The “economy” rules the world this time.
7. more criminalityThere is more and more criminality these days, less respect means harder crimes. Living is getting expensive, power is expensive and money is for some people a problem. Does this mean society is blowing up itself?
8. more trashIf I look outside I see shit lying on the curbs, I see trash lying in my street, this while I am living in the better areas of the city of Antwerpen. If more people would care about their fellow-citizens the cities would be a lot cleaner to live in. I need to watch my step or I have dirty shoes.
9. discriminationDiscrimination is a very bad bug in society. It’s getting worse and worse in time. There is getting a difference between poor and rich, black and white, heterosexual and homosexual, Christian and Moslim, Belgian and Hollander, …Why is there a difference while we are all humans? What makes me different of being a Belgian? Why do you need to be having money before you can be part of society? Why would I be different because I have a white skin instead of a black skin?We are all different, unique, but being white or black is not the difference, your thinking, feelings and expression is the difference … Please people, think about this, think about your fellow human… It will only be better to like eachother instead of hating eachother just because that color or that one difference …

I hope to have reached somebody and something by writing this article, I translated it to dutch especially to reach the most people …

Please think about it.. ok?

ZKboi

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