Gold is pretty, and it has value because people want it. I know economics and all, but I still get that little kid joy when I bought like a pound, well it used to be a pound now 11 ounces of coffee. 4 bucks. I likes coffee, and for 4 pieces of paper I can make about 20 pots of coffee, or 240 cups. As long as I has enough to live and do what I want I pretty much don't care about the gov debt.
To some extent, you sound like you see money and gold through the eyes of Scrooge McDuck, instead of through the eyes (or microscope) of a geologist (which, unfortunately, is common among the masses)
If you take life too seriously you'll never get out of it alive.......
Life is always a tightrope walk because there's good and bad things happening all over. Even though there's plenty of things that bring to my piss to a boil (whether it's an argument with my parents or some unfortunate soul being the victim of human trafficking), I'm aware that everything will come to an end at some point, and there's plenty of wonderful things humanity has to offer. My dad, on the other hand, often doesn't see life the same way (lets just say he's numerous examples of the Ugly American pejorative) and would rather have the Grim Reaper put him out of misery instead.
I really like freedom and liberty, for the moment we still have that in the US.
You like the
illusion of freedom and liberty. Try not paying taxes or the electricity bill and see what happens. Despite the sales pitches you get during every election, it doesn't at all matter which puppet gets on the throne, because they're in bed with those in high positions of power, especially those who control the money supply (and its those same "beings" (they don't deserve to be called "human") that put them in power in the first place). To get a taste of
real freedom and liberty, I'd recommend getting out of the rat race, stop doing whatever someone tells you just because they want to go on a power trip, and live a simplistic lifestyle by becoming a nomad. Here's a video series I highly recommend watching:
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimothyWard While we're on the topic of money, I'd also recommend looking into the gift economy, as this guy did:
There are always gonna be the MS and Apples, Googly's of the world, the politicians etc...
Saying "There are always gonna be" without giving any concrete evidence to support your claims (you couldn't if you tried) is a pants-on-head-retarded argument. Sears, Circuit City, and Radioshack are 3 companies that were once widely-successful, but because of controversies and bad business practices, now they've been relegated to online-only stores (here's the links for them sears.com, circuitcity.com, radioshack.com), and even then, they're nowhere near as successful as Amazon (I'm not praising Amazon, I'm just comparing it to them). The Roman Empire conquered Europe, parts of Africa, and Asia, and eventually it collapsed. The same thing
can and
will happen to modern governments when enough people are finally out of the herd mindset, and strong and capable enough to create a legitimate opposition (the creation of the internet has allowed the anarchist movement to gain traction, which is how I became one).
If you live in a condo there is the HOA President who was picked on as a kid that says you MUST obey the rules.
While living in a condo, house, or an apartment are the norm, there's plenty of people who don't live in them. The guy from the gift economy video lives in a cave (yes, it may seem archaic to live like that, but because he's an outdoorsy kind of person, he doesn't mind it). Some people live in their RVs year round, and some businesses (depending on the local ordinances) are kind enough to let them stay in the parking lot overnight (I'm sure the catch involves buying something first), or they'll stay at a truck stop. While squatting is often frowned upon, because most of the people doing that just break and enter and claim the property as their own, there is a way to squat somewhere without making it look bad. For example, I would create my own company one day, buy an office building for it, and turn the top floor into a pent house for my future family. The company would be paying the property taxes and utility bills, and I would pay them rent (that is if the gift economy isn't more prominent then).
Nature of people ends up being to control someone else because they have little control over their own misery. I choose not to join the miserable.
Controlling people isn't a "natural" thing, its a learned behavior and perpetuated by those with Narcissistic Personality Disorder or a superiority complex. What scares control freaks the most is their intended victim having the courage to put their foot down and stand up to them, mainly because control freaks often are insecure wimps trying to act like tough guys. While there's plenty of terrible things that happen
to people (ex: someone either dying, being injured, or being paralyzed because of a car accident), there's also plenty of terrible things that people inadvertently bring upon themselves (usually this happens when the person's a well-trained sheep who just does whatever they're told).
I will never consider myself a victim. I know history, and it can get bad out here, and will always repeat. For now I am okay just playing the game.
By "being okay with playing the game", you're essentially saying you're perfectly fine with being played. You also don't seem like a person who's taken the time to think about how to not be. Because of that, you
are a victim. I'm not saying I'm any better or worse than you are (because I'm just as much of a victim as you are), but I'm not someone who views whatever inhumane agenda the puppet masters push as the norm.