Occupy your mind!
It is always funny when people with iPhones in their hands are inciting against corporations, or when voters of the most populist parties are blaming politics for all the problems.
People occupy Wall Street to protest against banks and corporations. Other people blame immigrants for unemployment. The old-fashioned idea of blaming Jews is living its renessaince in some European countries. Blaming, blaming, blaming...the easiest reaction when we are facing difficulties. In fact, it is the most childish and most destructive one as well. It keeps up the belief in our perfectness: "WE did everything well, it was all THEIR fault, therefore we don't need to improve ourselves of course."
Yes, corporations can be unfair, banks can be greedy, politicians are corrupt. But they are not the economy. Not only them. The economy is us too: the doctor, the webdesigner, the haircutter, the student or the busdriver...even the unemployed. All of us. And the way we work, the way we spend our money, the way we learn, the way we educate our children, and the way we vote eventually affects the future of the ecomony and society. It all depends on the individuals. We all are responsible for what is going on in the World. If we occupy Wall Street or protest against the IMF, we will not get out of any problems. In fact, we will only sink deeper into them. By blaming banks, corporations and international organisations, we are denying our responsibility and strengthening the slave-mentality in ourselves.
Let's blame ourselves, and change our behaviour! Let's buy what we need and not what has a cool advertisement! let's train ourselves and let's learn from those who do better! If we were not anti-capitalist when we bought our new car, we shouldn't be one when we have to pay back the loan on it. If we voted for politicians who distribute more money, than the state's income, we shouldn't blame them when the state is collapsing under its astronomical debts! It was OUR fault! The banks don't force us to spend, they just finance it. The governments would never do anything against the taste of their voters, so we should change our taste, and they will change their policy immediately.
Let's learn microeconomics to understand how we should deal with our money; and macroeconomics in order to know how to judge the government. Let's train ourselves and become better in our professions.
Instead of occupying Wall Street, we should occupy our own minds and when many people will do it, the World will deffinitely change.
