The United States of America enjoys two great freedoms: democracy and capitalism. These systems are designed to distribute wealth, control supply and demand, and ensure every citizen's voice is heard. But what happens when those voices turn hostile? What happens when those very systems designed to keep people safe, do the opposite?
In the last American presidential election, there was a lot of talk about the 1% and the uneven distribution of power in the United States. With the economic crisis that swept the globe, that percentage continues to dwindle. When will it be enough? When the entire nation is poor and only one or two financial monarchs control all of the resources?
There is one resource that can never be stolen, or bought, from us: and that's innovative thinking. The human mind is capable of great things. History is proof of that. From understanding how big our universe is, to how small the building blocks of life are, innovative thinking drives progress.
Researchers at NRGLab live by this code. Working tirelessly day in and day out to perfect energy-producing technology, NRG is at the forefront of innovation. If their vision of the future comes true, electricity will not only affordable, but universally available. Sustainable energy is the key to sustaining other systems, like capitalism and democracy, for ourselves, and spreading it throughout the rest of the world. It levels the playing field. Keeps them safe. Creates new opportunities. Motives people to think, and test accept norms. Above all, new technology ensures equality.
Thanks to companies like NRG, the world is on the verge of experiencing shared freedom and peace for the first time in our planet's long history. The question remains: which side of history will you find yourself on?
How to you factor greed into the equation? See, I think the government should do what Teddy Roosevelt did back in the day. He took all the wall street hot shots and said, "OK. I know the system has flaws. Now, I'll pay you to be a government employee and shut those loopholes down so other people won't take advantage of them." It shouldn't be about trying to be the system. It should be about trying to perfect the system. I think that you're right, the right technology plays a crucial role in being able to, not only identify the flaws in capitalism, but fix them before the hole thing collapses on itself.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if the spread of capitalism is necessarily the answer. you've already pointed out a lot of the problems .but I think the spread of the internet and other tech is huge, especially in this globalized world we live in. everything is connected. development, distribution, the economy. I've heard of cheap computers that work via hand crack that they're trying to spread in Africa. I don't think giving the third world inferior equipment is going to create equality. its better than nothing, but why not give them real computers and training and energy?
ReplyDeletewe have to accept the fact that people will not discuss 'consumption' when it comes to the energy problem since 'consumption' somehow equates to 'freedom'. In my opinion, being able to post a comment like this is freedom. not having an SUV that gets 8 miles to the gallon. Well then, if we can't change the way we consume energy, maybe we can change the way we produce it.
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