Let the bad times come
Sunday, November 30, 2008
It would be interesting to have a really deep and real recession. The economy is pretty shitty nowadays but I think it would be really refreshing to have a really good and deep nosedive which would render everyone unemployed and poor. I’m pretty sure that, unless something major would happen concurrently (like war, alien invasion or sudden outbreak of airborne deadly diarrhea), here in Finland, we would not run out of clean water, food and heating. Surely, all the secondary things would be unavailable. Things like cocktail parties, SUVs and gym memberships, but honestly. If I count the bare minimum that I need to live a happy life, and take care of the family, it’s easily done with fingers on my one hand.
- Clean water
- Food
- Warmth/heating
- Secure enough environment for my family
- Availability of basic medical treatment
I have hard time believing that this could not be provided by the society even in the time of recession. This would be very healthy in my opinion. Just to let people understand that it really doesn’t matter that lot if you can’t get the latest iPhone and if your local food store doesn’t have just that particular cheese available. I am so sick of people whining to me that this and that sucks and it’s bullshit here and there. It would be so nice that these whiners would just end up in a situation where it’s a matter of sucking it up and surviving.
It would also be really nice to be able to somehow collectively measure people in things that really matter. Like the skill of being able to select a carpet that goes so well with the rest of the interior design would really not matter that much if the skills at demand were more along the lines of “ability to sew the damn carpet in the first place and be happy that you don’t need to sleep in direct contact with the frosty ground.
I know it’s wishful thinking since in a few years all this is forgotten and it’s all back to reality TV and investment banking again.
Ok, maybe I’m not serious, but I think it would be nice to have some kind of global reality check.