Progressing or Regressing???

I use the nomadic Native American Indian culture of as a baseline for comparing and determining progression or regression.


The nomadic variable is very significant because it’s when a culture of peoples become sedentary in residency that they begin to specialize in their duties and talents, and that’s when corruption, unfairness, manipulation and greed begins to germinate, incubate and flourish. Also the accumulation of wealth was a real burden to move around constantly, and so, taking only they needed and sharing the surplus was a win-win option that promoted solidarity and strength for the whole culture.

The Native Americans excelled and prided themselves in raising their kids to have the innately divine spirit of confidence within all their children. And their respect for the wisdom of the elders, along with the appreciation of all of their animals and fellow tribe members was the magic that made them strong, brave and indestructible, almost.

Today, we kill over a million dogs every year because they have no purpose in our culture. We medicate ourselves with anxiety and depression drugs because we have no purpose with focus in our culture. Our kids wander about, getting into drugs and sex for lack of purpose with focus in our culture. And our elders, with their lifetime wisdom and experiences are atrophying in their rockers because they have no purpose with focus in our culture.

It’s too bad we can’t set our capitalistic profit obsessions aside and connect some simple humanitarian dots with our most precious resources.