Our Time in Quarantine Was Not Enough for Social Change

No changes that occur will be long lasting until the general population decides that the previous way of life was not sustainable.

We have an opportunity with the virus to really create a new world. New government, new politics, new healthcare, new values that will bring humanity closer together as one people — and to happiness. But the time we spent in quarantine wasn’t enough; people didn’t reflect on the life previous to the coronavirus pandemic and if it’s worthwhile to restore such a livelihood.

People are now begging money from governments in order to return to exactly how things were before. However, the government wasn’t designed to be an insurance agency; things will inevitably become worse because of it.

The coronavirus is shaping us to want only the necessities in life: food, shelter, some industry, some beauty parlors — but nothing more. When people eventually return to their jobs and daily lives, they will begin to sense what it more important or less important. We’ll see a general decrease in the number of goods sold because the internal attitudes of people are changing, however gradually.

The measures by the governments to hastily go back to life as we knew it is indicative of their incentives and motivations. The Almighty Dollar. Power. Influence. And no one can blame them. This is the system we created for ourselves. I would do the same if I were born under their umbrella and wore their funny hats.

But there is a good life ahead for us. No one really wants to return to exactly how things were before; it wasn’t making anyone happy. What makes me so certain? Let’s take a look at some of society’s vital signs.

It is well known that depression is the leading disease in the world. Now with millions of people in America not paying rent, it is confirmed what was long suspected, that millions of people are living paycheck to paycheck.

It is these people who will be the voice and force of any change we see occur. Esteemed scientists and professors will be their spokesmen. As we return to commerce and policies regarding world affairs, the people — not the governments — will be the leading voice of change in the world.

The change can’t and won’t be in government or policy. Only is such a change possible if and when it occurs within ourselves. All we have to do is to start to reflect on this question: Is the previous way of life really in our best interest for the long-term.

Related posts:

Meu contato cada vez mais próximo com uma gama de conservadores portugueses somente me fez confirmar o abismo entre o movimento de direita deles — real e sólido — com o nosso — imaturo, idólatra e…

It is pretty simple to set up and within a couple of hours, you should be able to set up an SFTP server over S3. But that is not what this post is about. One of our ETL workflows is dependent on the…

Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, Petrus dan serigala, The Wolf dan tujuh kecil, Crane dan serigala… puluhan cerita ini menunjukkan The Wolf sebagai penjahat dari cerita-cerita. Orang miskin…