are you destitute ... ?
destitute
Pronunciation: 'des-t&-"tüt, -"t(y)üt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin destitutus, past participle of destituere to abandon, deprive, from de- + statuere to set up -- more at STATUTE
1 : lacking something needed or desirable [a lake destitute of fish]
2 : lacking possessions and resources; especially : suffering extreme poverty [a destitute old man]
Is there perhaps a mental switch in some minds that says,
" If I associate which a group that seems to have no $$, how will I be viewed by others ? "
That very notion is "sold" and fortified on the Internet constantly.
Television itself, advertising and print media, help condition us to think those who *have* are motivated and those who do NOT have are NOT motivated (else they would have ). Such perverted logic says little or nothing about how those who *have* got what they possess; does little to gauge honesty of those with less. Most often what is produced by "big advertising" dollars has not much to do with how the world actually works.
Being "destitute" is not necessarily a financial condition.
Could be a spiritual condition, an ethical dilemma, or a mental deficit ...
"Extreme poverty of the mind" perhaps.
Someone may be extremely wealthy and live in a community which is in poverty - in which case it will be more expensive to "contribute" to the *need* of the community, whether through taxation to maintain law and order (government protection), cost of other personal protection; more expensive in what is lost through theft and extortion when protection measures fail ...
Which leads to a simple choice as I see it:
- Devote assets to building walls, maintaining a "security" force, fortifying assets against loss, or ...
- Enable and encourage prosperity of others by means of available resources (assets) by funding education and facilities, employment, and more
Taking the first route ensures a community in which resources are devoted to building more and more walls - when anyone acquires something, to "protect" their assets, they do as they have been taught - demonstrate a need to fortify their property. People are more and more separated.
In a healthy community, all members, at whatever level of ability or acquisition, learn the value of sharing and teaching, contributing to success of others, so that others also become healthy individuals, prospering the entire community. The more we teach, the more we learn.
Pronunciation: 'des-t&-"tüt, -"t(y)üt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin destitutus, past participle of destituere to abandon, deprive, from de- + statuere to set up -- more at STATUTE
1 : lacking something needed or desirable [a lake destitute of fish]
2 : lacking possessions and resources; especially : suffering extreme poverty [a destitute old man]
Is there perhaps a mental switch in some minds that says,
" If I associate which a group that seems to have no $$, how will I be viewed by others ? "
That very notion is "sold" and fortified on the Internet constantly.
Television itself, advertising and print media, help condition us to think those who *have* are motivated and those who do NOT have are NOT motivated (else they would have ). Such perverted logic says little or nothing about how those who *have* got what they possess; does little to gauge honesty of those with less. Most often what is produced by "big advertising" dollars has not much to do with how the world actually works.
Being "destitute" is not necessarily a financial condition.
Could be a spiritual condition, an ethical dilemma, or a mental deficit ...
"Extreme poverty of the mind" perhaps.
Someone may be extremely wealthy and live in a community which is in poverty - in which case it will be more expensive to "contribute" to the *need* of the community, whether through taxation to maintain law and order (government protection), cost of other personal protection; more expensive in what is lost through theft and extortion when protection measures fail ...
Which leads to a simple choice as I see it:
- Devote assets to building walls, maintaining a "security" force, fortifying assets against loss, or ...
- Enable and encourage prosperity of others by means of available resources (assets) by funding education and facilities, employment, and more
Taking the first route ensures a community in which resources are devoted to building more and more walls - when anyone acquires something, to "protect" their assets, they do as they have been taught - demonstrate a need to fortify their property. People are more and more separated.
In a healthy community, all members, at whatever level of ability or acquisition, learn the value of sharing and teaching, contributing to success of others, so that others also become healthy individuals, prospering the entire community. The more we teach, the more we learn.
posted by JamesB at 9:00 AM
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