A few months ago I clicked across Facebook to like a crowfunding site's page to show my support because I'd created a fundraiser for myself, (Because I can not afford to eat and rent is hard to make even with multiple mall jobs without transportation - it failed to gather a cent but I continue to set them up out of hopeless hope.) I showed my appreciation out of polite habit, but scrolled through the page's newsfeed before leaving to get a sense of what kind of goals were met by which people in what situation. In every comment thread the page dictated their users to not promote or mention their own fundraisers in the comments.
Hm.
Maybe that seems harmless initially.
There's just so many people with so many fundraisers so loudly desperate for sympathy and compassion... just be polite and we'll direct attention to you after you've raised mountains of money, right?
I am sorry, but that is a cold attitude.
Humanity has a history of disregard for parts of itself. People speaking out about the very real terror of struggling to survive and cope with an unfulfilling reality where their needs and desires are threatened or shut down on a daily basis is NOT spam and should not ever be handled as such. This is a form of elitism very prominent in our Society that favors only individuals with platforms on which they can easily round up a significant network of supporters. But it is those without safety nets of human beings who have resources ready and waiting, who need platforms with attention in extremes.
One well loved person's compensation should only encourage further empathy for a more obscure individual's pain. I'm suggesting we look out for the people who have zero to little support and help them in what ways we can and at least offer them the attention of our own networks.
This world is, for those who care, a living hell where commercial distraction is worshiped and used to gorge the stomach of coping with an imperfect reality, intense submission is mandatory, and love is strictly selective. Every opportunity to turn the tide should be taken seriously. Live through the suffering of others and heal them as per your ability. Listen to the cries for empathy, for good food, sanctuary, beauty, affection, attention, friendship, health, psychedelics, comfort, and quality in everything. If you do not have resources, pass the S.O.S. on to as many people who may. The purpose of life is pleasure and loving. If you don't care about other human beings losing the will to live, learn why. Considering other human beings does not mean being forced to neglect yourself. If you are truly loving, there's a chance you also understand what's really going on on this planet.
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