Make up your own mind

To be fair, along with the previously stated question of fate versus free will, making up your own mind is far more complicated than it seems. How can you possibly avoid all of the information that pummels the average person on a day to day basis, and how can you decide which bits you hear and see and then from there which ones you trust?  Clearly some of these things are based on indoctination.  

But, stop and think every once in a while.  Why are you doing what you are doing? 

In my opinion, people are in power because they are able to make people believe that they deserve to be in power.  Yet at the same time anybody who wants that much power probably isnt trustworthy enough to yield that power.  So we are in a bit of a conundrum.  This of course leads to the classic situation where the people with the real power are behind the scenes because people would see through their devious intentions if they were to step out from behind the curtain.  I could site historical examples or current ones, but a dummy frontman is the way to go in terms of keeping the people happy while manipulating the hell out of them.  

If a truly magnanimous, leader were to emerge on the planet at this point in time, how much could they get accomplished.  What restrictions are there in place to prevent good things from getting done?  And what type of leadership is the best for our planet?  Would we prefer an incredibly inteligent leader who simply does what is right even if it doesnt happy to be what everybody is looking for? Would we prefer a purely democratic situation where each decision is only made when the majority of people agree? Or, would we prefer a consensus building leader who goes straight down the middle path only when all parties agree that it is a fair situation?  

As I have said before, we are at a tipping point, our world markets are unified, and material wealth is at an all time high (as with every moment in history outside of environmental, health and diplomacy disasters). So why is it that there are people starving in places around the world? And why is our relative level of stress higher than ever before.  I know that utopia is a world that cannot exist, but we can always strive for a better world.  I am a communist at heart I guess, not to say I dont think democrazy is a livable situation, and is clearly far better than a number of the alternatives. 

There is just too much to say.  Perfection is a path not a destination.  And a perfect world for one may not be a perfect world for another.  But make up your mind, and see what you can do to help yourself.