Generalism

The Meek June 17, 2010

Only yesterday I was branded a communist for the few notes I wrote on capitalism and the current weirdness of our western society. That didn’t concern me as much as the retweet on twitter that followed, calling me a communist sympathiser. Unfortunately I think the labels were more down to my ailing writing skills than my strong political leanings, but by the by.

I followed up on twitter, instead labelling myself a moralist, except of course I hate labels, so ended up a victim of my wonky writing yet again. The thing is, communist, socialist or moralist, whatever the nomenclature, the world is in a heck of a mess, arguably caused by too much greed and power in too few hands. I’m not alone in thinking this, and that’s a good thing. Because it means that, although those in privileged positions currently hold sway over change, the growing discontent with the way things are currently being done could mean an overrunning by force of numbers alone. Those at the top have little desire to head towards moralism themselves, no drivers, and to be honest, I wouldn’t either in their position. But I think things are changing, slowly but surely, and I hope for all our sakes that the meek inherit the earth before we all become just another environmental / financial / biological disaster statistic.