In Search of Perfection

I am an avowed perfectionist.  This way of being is increasingly difficult in a world that seems more and more to encourage mediocrity.

I believe there are varied reasons why mediocre passes for "good enough" in today's society.

Firstly, our corrupt financial system has resulted in a consistent decrease in the value of our "money".  In 1950's America, the average house price was $1,949; the average annual salary was $3,210; the average new car cost $1,510.  How many of us now could buy a new car and a new house (almost!) from our yearly salary?  Why is this?  Do houses and cars cost more to produce now than they did in 1950?  No, they don't.  The reason we are worse off today is because our financial system has dramatically decreased our buying power (I would say it was planned this way).

The result of this is a tendency to continually cut costs in the way products are made, to ensure affordability to the consumer and profit to the producer.  In other words, our products are of inferior quality to those of previous generations, whilst advertisers and corporations attempt to convince us otherwise.     

We are continually told that Democracy is the pinnacle of political systems.  Winston Churchill, known for his wit, once said, "It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government – except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." 

Democracy is rule by majority.  This presupposes that the majority know best how to rule.  Is this true?  I meet a lot of ordinary people via my daily work and I can tell you that most have difficulty organising their own lives, let alone that of others.  Is it any wonder that we end up being rules by substandard, dishonest, psychopaths when this is our political model of choice?

We tend to take it for granted today that "all people are created equal" with the same opportunities to thrive.  Is this true?  Do we see this anywhere else in nature?  No!

Some people are intelligent; some are not.  Some people are ugly; some aren't.  Some are physically fit; some are not.  Everywhere you look, it is self-evident that people are all different in their abilities to deal with life.  To think that this is not the case causes, in my opinion, society to enable those of lesser abilities to rule over the rest. 

Should all people have the same rights?  If they are the basic rights to protection under law then "yes".  However, let us consider the question of whether homosexual couples should have the same rights are heterosexual married couples - I would say that they should not.

Marriage was originally an institution for a Man and Woman to join together and produce children.  This is what keeps the species alive.  I would therefore argue that homosexual couples should not be able to marry and not receive the same benefits (now extremely limited under our "everyone is equal" way of thinking") as married couples producing children.  Nor should homosexual couples be able to raise children.  Why?  Nature!

That said, I would support strong punishment for anybody who would persecute a person for their sexual orientation.

There are still examples of those people who strive for perfection in their chosen fields.  To take a trivial example, Roger Federer holds the record for being ranked world number one tennis player for 302 consecutive weeks.  To achieve such a feat must have involved a dedication to perfection of his craft, something sadly lacking in most aspects of our lives today.

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