THAT BEAUTIFUL LADY LOVES YOU

The moon has no light of her own.  She collided with the earth ages ago, and all of her volcanos have cooled.  She is a reflection of the sun.  Something beautiful for anyone to see.  That is, anyone who looks up on a dark night.  

For nature lovers and pagans and sky gazers she is a constant miracle, a regularly scheduled and anticipated blessing. 

Below is a thought that I posted on social media after gazing at Selene tonight- worldly, not esoteric, but vital to our species continuing to witness the beauty of life from this planet.

Gaze at the Lady, if you haven't already.  She is gorgeous tonight.

***

Executives, billionaires, and such act like being in control of a lot of money means they are good with money.   Like they have some superior skill. 

Acquiring something is not the same as being good with something.  (I have, for example, acquired a great deal of men in my life, and treated many of the horribly and failed to retain any lol.)

If they did something to acquire that money- actually had something to offer- that's great.  But usually it was a good idea, shared by a lot of other people, and they just happened to have the luck or the money/muscle/guns. 

It's obvious that the majority of people are willing to live with some wealth inequality.  Most people don't need so much.

But if we are going to have such differences, where some people live so easily and well, and others barely get by, it is going to need to become more equal.  The imbalance cannot be this great. Not with 8 billion people and this level of technology.

Even if we take all emotional, spiritual, ethical- everything non-tangible and non-material out of the equation- this current wealth inequality is too wasteful. 

Centi-Billionaires joyriding in space and people starving to death, or not being able to afford insulin?

If you are good with money, you don't hoard it.  The evolution of our species right now is our own personal growth. Hoarding money and living well might be nice but it is not evolution, and in the modern world an "average" lifestyle consumes too much.

In France the famous 12 star restaurants and fine cuisine are not because of the chefs. No.  It is because the average labouring man- the stonemason, butcher, bus driver- can make capons with cinnamon, chocolate souffle, cassoulet, confit au canard.

That is why Paris is the cuisenary (not a real word) capitol (I mean Paris as a building filled with chefs) of the world.

We are not rich because of our billionaires.  In fact we are impoverished by them.  If they want to keep their wealth, they will have to share more of the feast, so to speak, with all of us. 

Or we have to demand our fair share.  (This is actually the only realistic possibility.) And I feel climate change is really forcing the issue.  As a species we cannot allow individual profit with no regulation to rule production and consumption.  We don't have the resources anymore. 

And these old "solutions"- like have a war and destroy some people and capital?  That does not work in modern times.  We are too dependent on each other.  The supply chain issues and labour shortages from Covid haven't even begun.  Drop war on all this wealth inequality and it is a disaster for everyone.

Developed nations consume more resources in a year than we consumed during the entire span of World War 2. The US spent 345 billion over the course of the war. That's about 5 trillion today. In comparison the US spent 5 trillion in 2022. Factor in differences in population and resources and you see how quickly we are draining the earth of our habitat.

People that control the money aren't good with it.  They are just good at making themselves rich and hoarding it.  UBI, Medicare for all, wages, unions, wealth caps, regulated rents based on wages, and let's bring back the 94 percent top tax bracket from WW2.  Pay more for goods so that workers are paid more.  Let these greedy sociopaths hoard, but don't let them hoard so much.  Demand more for the people on the bottom. 

This world is teetering precariously.  We really must move to the next level.

Art: https://www.instagram.com/animalenas/?hl=en