Heard of them?
Neither have I. My neighbor urged me to watch this documentary about a family from the mountains in good Ol West Virgina.
I have pretty strong opinions on the government "over looking" extreme poverty on US soil, while insisting on "helping" less fortunate peoples around the world. It is all a big spin. In the end, the important people do not give a *blank* about poor people, no matter their location. Sure, they might get a check signed by the president himself, but that is not getting them anywhere but into more trouble, and possible expanding their hopeless DNA pool.
I am not being pessimistic, rather, open minded.
The people in the ghetto, the mountains, and the third world all have one thing in common... No incentive.
Why do you do what you do every single day? To get paid that cash money? To pay for that adrenaline rush? To eat food that is beyond your imagination good? To go on a fabulous vacation? Overall, these are all reachable goals because YOU have the tools to provide them for yourself. You have jobs, schools, a functioning police station... overall more tools for good than bad. When the only way to feed yourself is to get a government paycheck, get a dangerous, tiring, really hard job (ie. mining from this particular example) or flip drugs and weapons (barf don't get me started on small arms trade).
These people are literally cut off from our reality. We walk different streets and have different thoughts fly out to the universe to mingle with the stars.
But, it doesn't have to stay that way. Happiness is viral, and as the world awakens to globalization, more people awaken to the blindness that the world has been offering. I know I wont stop trying to spread this smile that I carry, I need those smiles to carry me too.
That is all.
if you're interested
thewildandwonderfulwhites
And readers, this iss a topic I would really like to talk about.. so comment.. so I can some more lol.
Neither have I. My neighbor urged me to watch this documentary about a family from the mountains in good Ol West Virgina.
I have pretty strong opinions on the government "over looking" extreme poverty on US soil, while insisting on "helping" less fortunate peoples around the world. It is all a big spin. In the end, the important people do not give a *blank* about poor people, no matter their location. Sure, they might get a check signed by the president himself, but that is not getting them anywhere but into more trouble, and possible expanding their hopeless DNA pool.
I am not being pessimistic, rather, open minded.
The people in the ghetto, the mountains, and the third world all have one thing in common... No incentive.
Why do you do what you do every single day? To get paid that cash money? To pay for that adrenaline rush? To eat food that is beyond your imagination good? To go on a fabulous vacation? Overall, these are all reachable goals because YOU have the tools to provide them for yourself. You have jobs, schools, a functioning police station... overall more tools for good than bad. When the only way to feed yourself is to get a government paycheck, get a dangerous, tiring, really hard job (ie. mining from this particular example) or flip drugs and weapons (barf don't get me started on small arms trade).
These people are literally cut off from our reality. We walk different streets and have different thoughts fly out to the universe to mingle with the stars.
But, it doesn't have to stay that way. Happiness is viral, and as the world awakens to globalization, more people awaken to the blindness that the world has been offering. I know I wont stop trying to spread this smile that I carry, I need those smiles to carry me too.
That is all.
if you're interested
thewildandwonderfulwhites
And readers, this iss a topic I would really like to talk about.. so comment.. so I can some more lol.
i want tap shoes because of this movie.
ReplyDeleteof course you do
ReplyDeleteIt has always bothered me when people talk about the poverned as a whole as if it is their fault. Some, yes are crackheads...but you bring up the point I strive to make to these people... They are just repeating the cycle. If you see your elders/siblings/family getting goverenment support, or make just enough to skid by.. then not only is that all you know, but that also means you are most likely a part of an under funded school system too.. if you even go to school at all. These people aren't getting the neccessary tools to succeed,by any definition, in life.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest tool is knowledge,as you always say Miss Carelly.
Every step I take is to further my happiness in every facet of my life, these people's life are about just trying to survive. SOme, yes are doing their best to make ends meet, never knowing their own unique potential and how beautiful life can be.