Society; how retarded it is. Why I refuse to buy into the system. -- LiveWire Teen Forums

Several main reasons, and I challenge anyone to offer an argument that debunks my views, as I've held this stance for several years, and not once have I been proven wrong.

First, the common belief in arbeit macht frei, or in this context, that work will bring you happiness. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've heard from students, teachers, workers, everyone, that seem to think this actually works and think that if they put forth the effort now, they'll be rewarded later. It's an illusion, because your work does not end until you reach yours. People struggle through high school to struggle in college so that they may struggle at work to struggle to support themselves, and by the time you'll have reached the end of your struggles, your body will be well past its prime, and you will be spent. Society will have effectively leeched your strength to perpetuate itself. Don't believe me? Try social security. If you don't pay into it, the government will go after you, and in theory it's meant to ensure your security after you can no longer work, or have worked long enough. Yet do you realize you get a fraction of what you've been paying your entire working life? Working and working for a better life fucks you over, plain and simple. By the way, arbeit macht frei? That's what the Nazis posted above one of their deathcamps to motivate the Jews to work before they were gassed. Do you get the connection yet?

Second, no matter how much you plan, you cannot create the future. From my own experience, I've seen people plan and plan then plan some more, only to either somewhere down the road have that plan changed by life if not eradicated completely, or they reach that goal only to find they are still miserable, or it is short lived, even taken away because of the world around them. What if after years and years of school, you're hit by a car the day you finally graduate? What if you're abstinent till marriage yet before you even find a partner you're diagnosed with a terminal illness? What if you do have your job, a house, and all of it, then it falls apart and you're left with nothing but your money? I've seen it happen too many times to think that all these people were exceptions, the simple fact of the matter is that you can't control what happens, people try because people can't bear not being in control, yet in the end we're all helpless in the face of the world around us, so what good will it do us to bust our asses just trying to feed into this whole charade that in the end wants to screw us over anyways?

And finally, what is the point? People want big houses, big cars, high paying jobs, all that, but what's it for? Is that lexus going to comfort you when your sister is in rehab again? Will that 1.3 million dollar house be at your side in your final moments? No, they are just things.

Am I saying don't try? Just fuck it all and die in a corner? No and yes. Have a general direction, yeah I want to go to college and get a job, and what happens, happens. Don't plan it, don't push yourself in hopes for the future, and most importantly, NEVER let the future take priority over whats important now. For me, the answer is, and always will be, people. Live for the moment, do what it takes to make you happy, but for Christ's sake don't live for shit you don't need and for what people tell you to live for. I do the things I do because I want to. I want an education and a job for a loved one and hopefully a family someday, but without them, without people I care about, I'm perfectly content with living in a shack, as long as I have people to share my life with. Without people, no matter what your achievements, stuff, or effort, you are nothing.

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I am Dionysius.
I win.

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