A few years ago, I went through the usual prepubescent stages of self discovery, which in my case focused on determining what I wanted to do with my life. Throughout my childhood, society had told me that the world was my oyster; that if I wanted something badly enough, all I had to do was reach out and seize it. However, over the years I’ve learnt that society will do anything it takes to prevent you from achieving your desires. They'll pull the rug from under your feat and leave you stranded on your own merit as soon as the 'shit hits the fan', so to speak. It's not just that society that is causing corruption; people in general are more than willing to scorn their best friend and abandon their beliefs in attempt to rise up the social hierarchy. I'm all for trying to improve ones quality of life, but at what cost does that become 'immoral'. In times of such extortion, loyalty is one of the most valuable yet scarce commodities and it is only until mankind as a whole can collectively acknowledge this that it can have any chance of redemption. On top of this, although humanity is consistently 'looking out' for the next wave of young adults and 'trying to create a better tomorrow for our youth of today', we are subconsciously making it progressively more difficult with every passing generation.
Adolescence is difficult. In fact, it's often refereed to as some of the most difficult years of your life. Not only do you get to experience they 'joys' of social awkwardness, endure the constant fluctuation of self-confidence and sustain often intolerable facial acne, but you're also bestowed with the enormous pressure of sorting out your own life, something that can be quite challenging for a young teenager. In this day and age of premature self-dependance, it's no wonder why nearly 300,000 teenagers every year attempt suicide. Now, before you get on my case stating that children have to been forced to mature and begin an early employment for many years prior to the present, I would like to point out that a lot of those children were not forced by society but by their families or guardians, most commonly due to financial concerns. Modern civilization, however, does not suffer the same financial hardships that our forefathers suffered and although we are only just emerging from the current recession, we have not been subjected to the level of poverty that existed, say, 80 years ago and it is therefore impossible to compare them so. Excuse me, I'm getting off topic. Anyway, with all this pressure that's being burdened upon todays youth, it should not be unexpected when these adolescents turn to vandalism, crime or substance abuse. We are applying Darwin Theory of Natural Selection to not only 'weed out the weaker ones', but also to create the criminals that we as a society attempt to isolate and outcast. I'm not making excuses for mass murders and rapists, blaming the government for conforming these 'monsters' and demanding that they be immediately rehabilitated into the community, but the higher forces of the so called 'justice' system should at least take some responsibility as opposed to ignoring the issue completely and wondering what went wrong; which brings me onto my main argument.
Despite our 'classless society', those who hold any position of power or is seated higher in the pecking order, for that matter, is automatically given a 'free pass' to run amock. Politicians, wealthy businessmen or anyone with substantial amounts of money can do nearly anything and the government will turn a blind eye. Think of all the conspiracies regarding industries or corrupt politicians that have been conveniently covered up over the years. People in power in power, stay in power, no matter what the costs. If that means letting someone else take the fall and suffer severe punishments (that these people could most likely buy their way out of regardless), then so be it. In retrospect, these criminals that I spoke of in the above paragraph are forced to endure incarnation for crimes that may have been far less severe than those who are bailed out by their fortunate wealth.
We live in a perfidious culture, surrounded by everyday mercenaries with the attitude of 'every man for himself'. People who are born into this First Class aristocracy are accepted as 'one of the boys' and are permitted to live above the law, whereas those who are not so fortunate are in a constant struggle to fight their way to the top; to chase this dream of 'Utopia'. Should I allow this fraudulent culture to corrupt me, or should I stand up against the odds and fight back; fight the very system that is trying to cage me… trying to convert me into the ‘individual’ it wants me to be.
Despite our 'classless society', those who hold any position of power or is seated higher in the pecking order, for that matter, is automatically given a 'free pass' to run amock. Politicians, wealthy businessmen or anyone with substantial amounts of money can do nearly anything and the government will turn a blind eye. Think of all the conspiracies regarding industries or corrupt politicians that have been conveniently covered up over the years. People in power in power, stay in power, no matter what the costs. If that means letting someone else take the fall and suffer severe punishments (that these people could most likely buy their way out of regardless), then so be it. In retrospect, these criminals that I spoke of in the above paragraph are forced to endure incarnation for crimes that may have been far less severe than those who are bailed out by their fortunate wealth.
We live in a perfidious culture, surrounded by everyday mercenaries with the attitude of 'every man for himself'. People who are born into this First Class aristocracy are accepted as 'one of the boys' and are permitted to live above the law, whereas those who are not so fortunate are in a constant struggle to fight their way to the top; to chase this dream of 'Utopia'. Should I allow this fraudulent culture to corrupt me, or should I stand up against the odds and fight back; fight the very system that is trying to cage me… trying to convert me into the ‘individual’ it wants me to be.
