One thing I strongly believe in is the revocation of driver's licences for the elderly. In return, I believe they should have all public transport made free, and other forms of transport should be subsidised for them (within a country). The problem is they are a danger to society. It's just a given that peripheral vision and reactions slow. They make mistakes, sometimes they will hit the accelerator when they meant to hit the brake, sometimes they won't slow at a pedestrian crossing, sometimes they will run the red light, sometimes they drive straight into other cars, houses and schools. Yes, I know driving means freedom, but governments need to do better to protect citizens from dangers to their health and their lives. The problem is that the elderly make a very strong voting block, so if you announced these initiatives prior to an election, that party would automatically lose the election, regardless of what their other policies may be. But here's the problem, politicians, real good ones, need to stand up and actually do what's right society. They shouldn't kowtow to getting votes or pressure groups and lobbies and what not. There's the ridiculous problem with democracy and politics. Running for government is expensive. Most honest people simply can't afford it. Those who are preselected by parties get funding as long as they vote the way the party wants them to. If lobby groups fund you, they expect favours down the track. Don't tell me that's not an inherent problem with the current system we have. Because that's not democracy, that's capitalism at work. Voter apathy is the real enemy of the middle class.
What I don't like about the news these days is that it's incredibly difficult to catch up on developments to old stories that are no longer breaking. So if you want to follow up on an important story somewhere down the track, it's impossible to find out what happened after the initial level of reporting. That's pretty crappy, considering most stories are out of the new cycle within 24-48 hours. So after that, you have no idea what's happened. That's where news needs to get better, via having keyword searches, or meta tags (or hashtags) to better classify the type of news they report on, so that you can easily catch up on stories and see further developments.
I read a report today that the ultra rich are concerned that having money takes away their children's drive and ambition. Well I bloody well hope so. There's few things worse than inherited wealth in today's world. It allows for ill gotten money to flow so easily and contribute to the never ending cycle of discrimination and victimisation of the less fortunate. I don't expect to inherit anything, and I wouldn't expect anything either. Those of us who are forced to work in jobs they don't engage with are really only working for financial freedom. Nothing more. So if that is taken away, why would I want to do anything else? Why would anyone else? That's the sort of society we have created, because nobody is really doing what they want to be doing. Nobody is doing what they ought to be doing. Government keeps complaining that we have to just grin and bear it for the sake of society, well I say 'fuck you' to that. Government should be ensuring it's people's happiness. I'm not afraid of class warfare, this is something only understood by the real middle class. Sometimes you have money, sometimes you don't. The upper class will never understand. And the working class seems to be obsessed with joining the upper class.
The worst is when you get trapped in the cycle of the mundane. You look forward to the week ending, and it's only the start. Where is that? Oh nice, I've finished most of my work and it's only 11:30am. I'm on fire today. In fact, I could do with some fire, because it's absolutely freezing at work. Maybe I had fortold it? Wow, but it's all so subtle, how could I be expected to? We live and we learn. Though I'm not too keen on either. I've grown weary of everything, but the fire still burns. Everything just comes and goes. How strange that is.
I hope my maths is up to scratch. Cause that may be awesome! 2 hours to go until I'm done. We all need to grow out of old habits. Are you feeling it?
Joaquin out.
