Another day in paradise. What a beautiful day with a heavy heart! I've been wanting to share this version of what's evil, inspired by @andrewmarkmusic's post. It is just a friendly reminder of what makes things evil, in case some of you have forgotten. I'm very grateful that steemit is here to let me write things that most people cannot really say. This is more like helping some people see the world differently. You read the same thing every day by the same people, get a breath of fresh air. I have freed myself from the big lies of media and day to day government propaganda. It's time to share the truth with the world. However you want to see these things, it's not really under my control. You are free to think on your own.
(Warning: If you are a fragile snowflake who is not used to receiving offensive remarks, I suggest you skip this article because you might project your own life issues to me (inevitable). But if you are someone who does not cling to your dogma and recognizes freedom of speech, feel free to continue reading. So-called political incorrectness ahead.)
Is it evil to be wealthy?
It depends. Just because I am not rich does not mean I hate the wealthy. I do believe that people should have the chance to advance in life, benefit from the products of their minds and produce goods using their talent, hard work, and skills. Some deserve to be entrepreneurs and not be slaves to unethical corporations. However, the society here assures that most people merit their success and grand fortune. People argue that they worked hard so their children can have better lives and inherit fortunes. I do understand, but in the end, there's this inevitable inequality meritocracy will produce. The reality is that competition ruined it all in the name of profit. Income and wealth are increasing at an alarming rate, contributing to massive economic disparity and the neverending class war.
So when is it evil to be wealthy? Greed. I will talk more about my own politics to discuss this issue. I will tackle the plight of the peasants as I am currently in an agricultural country. I will speak for them as they cannot really write in English and don't know about Steemit or blockchain.
For example, you bought massive lands and established a corporation, engage in unethical production such as slave labor and violation of human rights. You are a CEO who basks in ill-gotten wealth, drinking Starbucks Frappuccino with sugar produced by your farmers earning $2 down to $1 a day (due to tax). Then sharing with the whole world how you earned your success through hard work and land investments.
Is it evil to be filthy rich and have the nerve to tax the low wage of the hundreds of farmers? Yes.
If you even ask me why is it evil? I don't know anymore, maybe you are a psychopath or something. The peasant class is the most oppressed in this society, they are supposedly rich with their own lands. They should be farming their own lands and controlling production but instead, the land grabbers (government, private and international corporations) cheated the poor.
Is it evil to cheat the poor? Yes.
In the past, some of these cheeky oligarchs sold these lands to farmers on credit. When they couldn't pay, of course, the rich landowners took away the lands. The feudal lords even make the farmers pay while they work on their farms. Some politicians even used tax money to purchase these lands, borrowing from government institutions and international banks, under the condition that the lands will be given back to the farmers in x number of years.
Is it evil to manipulate the law so you don't have to give the lands back to the farmers? Yes.
Someone once said There are no choices, white or yellow, everyone steals...Basically it is evil to have the government and military by your side in order to cheat the poor. It is evil to give extremely low wage to the farmers who are not supposedly working for these oligarchs. Only few people make their wealth through agricultural export. It is also evil to buy expensive horses, real estate, and more houses and live off the poor peasants. I know it sounds familiar, but it is evil to steal the lands from the natives so you can all live comfortably and shamelessly mock sweatshops and cheap labor in your sitcoms. Some people have no clue how unempathetic and ignorant they are of what is really happening.
Is it evil to deny the farmers of their basic needs? Yes.
Without their lands, how else can they live? Do you want them to go to the cities where the rents are expensive, and they can beg on the streets? Some of them couldn't even manage 2 meals a day, thanks to their rich landlords and the corrupt government for even taxing their inhumane wages. They are supposed to be living sustainably and benefitting from their own agricultural production. The top 1% has enough wealth to provide benefits to their workers and alleviate hunger and poverty.
Is it evil to displace farmers to make way for new highways, metros, real estate and golf courses? Yes.
I'm sorry but yes because these farmers own the lands and have been farming there for years. The problem is that they don't even get proper relocation or better lands. They lost everything and protesting means death.
Is it evil to establish a peasant movement and fight for their rights? No.
The farmers have the right to protest for years of abusive treatment and blatant exploitation. They are not asking for government aid, all they are asking is to return portions of oligarchs' massive lands back to them, increase the wage and provide benefits. The farmers just realized that it is time to claim their lands and not be exploited by the corporations anymore.
Is it evil to combine forces of military and police to massacre and kill the farmers instead? Yes.
It is evil to kill the farmers, I hope we are all on the same page? The killing spree is happening on a daily basis, thanks to the oligarch-owned mass media, people don't know even the truth. It is actually easy to kill a farmer in the province and someone in the city watching the tv the whole day won't even have a clue. The clan is very rich and powerful, those with money have control and power. They would not distribute the lands as promised. So to make themselves richer and richer, they asked the help of military and police to spray bullets on the rallying and unarmed farmers.
Is it evil to push for the rights despite the deaths? No.
I really do not advocate and justify violence but I do understand the resistance. When you are hungry, nothing really matters. The farmers do not want to convert to a communist state - they are simply asking for their basic needs to be met, such as food. Farmland is their life. Now if you are sitting there, reading this with your stomach full and with a clear head, you can lecture about peaceful means and all that. They don't want to kill the military men and police but sometimes they have no option. Fighting for justice for their families and to feed their hungry children, but instead, they are being fed with bullets. The rise of the peasant class, exercising their right to protest. It is so sad that the ignorant people of this society think they are communists and violent criminals (as advertised by the oligarch-controlled mass media). Do you really want to just stand there while getting sprayed with bullets? Will you feel angry and desperate when the society denied you of food? What if the government and the masses do not believe you? You need to walk in the farmers' shoes to understand the reality.
Is it evil to shoot farmers and kill them in front of their families? Yes.
Old farmers don't even need to work long hours anymore, instead of helping the poor, the oligarchs increased the pain of the peasants even more. Is it easier to pick on peasants because nobody will really believe them? 60+-year-old farmers and peasant movement leaders are being killed on a regular basis (thanks to fear mongering by media and those in power) Only those who live in the rural area with plantations controlled by banking and international corporations really know the truth.
Is it evil to deny the masses of the truth? Yes.
Money and guns now go hand in hand. To serve the interest of corrupt politicians and oligarchs, they try to divert the attention of the masses to petty news. It is now fine to label these farmers as leftists and terrorists, of course, it is easier for the masses to believe that. The military and police can now kill anyone they suspect for leading the protests and resisting the government, even student activists. They even prohibited the humanitarian organizations to travel to these provinces, otherwise, they will be killed on the spot. It is now fine to illegally detain farmers suspected as 'terrorists'. Farmers are now terrorists. Is it evil to be a poor farmer now and to fight for your right to farm your own land? Some ignorant people even called them lazy. Farmers are lazy, just wow. Wake up people, you still believe in the government despite all these, how ignorant can you be? I don't tolerate your stupidity anymore. Soon it will be like North Korea around here. It is scary to even defend the poor because the police will not have a problem to kill you. Surprise, surprise, the government is a puppet of fascist USA, that is even participating in illegal land-grabbing. The power nation couldn't even resolve their own economic disparity and inequality issues. The government has forgotten that they should be afraid of the people. This rule by force has to stop. Feudalism has to stop. This downright evilness has to stop. Wake up people.
I believe you can help in your own way by deciding carefully when you purchase agricultural products. Every product can be the equivalent of farmers who got shot in the fields or those who are massacred by the military during protests. It is literally a killing field and there is no justice. This human rights violation do not really make it to the local and international news to serve the interests of corporations. If you want to help in making the change to create a better world, you need to stop giving your hard-earned money to these corporations that do not align with your code of ethics. You think that by supporting these companies and their products you are helping the poor people. You only perpetuate the sick system. They need us more than we need them.