I'm amazed at the maligning hate I read on social media towards corporations like Walmart, for instance, from many who are so fast to oppress those they hate for what they feel is oppressing them.
I've not only sensed but witnessed the greed within some people fighting what they say is the greed within corporations.
It's shameful hypocrisy and bigotry and no reasoning is acceptable in their mindset.
They never want to flip that coin over to review the other side. Why? Hmmm ... because maybe to understand more and hate less might take the wind out of their sails ... stop fueling the fire within ... realize they could be erring in their ways ... there's more than they realized?
There's good and bad in everything.
Yes, corporations make money but many are also utilizing their money, along with their employee's assistance, in doing various acts of kindness. The below link is one example but anyone can use the Internet to see the many areas of giving back that a lot of corporations do to help many people in need. I see the good that many do and wonder why others cannot see this too.
Are they blinded by their hate?
There are those who prefer to find fault with anything that will feed their anger instead. Maybe they thrive on contention. Maybe it’s because they're secretly jealous that they're not them? Maybe some feel that corporate leaders are living too opulent, pampering their egos to excess, while secretly wishing they were doing the same?
We know what pampering means. We know what excess means. We know what coveting means. Right? However we tend to see it in others and not always in ourselves. Just because our scale is smaller?
Many have bought outside of need, or outside of our means, just to keep up with our peers. We use illogical reason like: "we work hard and deserve it." Even if we're not always able to afford it? Wanting what our neighbors, family, or friends have. Jealous if not able to buy it. Buying it when we know better. Then we complain because our greed got the better of us, especially when we suddenly find ourselves jobless.
I'm not writing as if I don't know this first hand. Sadly, I've been down that road, but I didn't blame others for my lack of awareness ... or my greed ... or expected them to pay my debts because of it. I didn't have any feelings other than getting myself out of the mess I got into ... without a sense of entitlement, without breaking the law, or without whining that life is unfair. To me, it's such a waste of time and energy.
Of course, this blog doesn't apply to everyone: like the extreme poverty levels which are doing all they can to make ends meet in severe hardships ... utilizing corporations' charity to help them. Futhermore, they probably can't afford to be on social media complaining, much less have a cell phone or computer ... they're too busy buying food or paying utilities.
However, it's important to undestand how individual greed can escalate into higher priced products, especially when many file bankruptcy because they can't pay their bills for whatever reason. Eventually, we, the consumer, will pay for it. Corporations will do all they can to keep their doors open. Raised wages just keep raising consumer products or their charitable help will be reduced in order for them to survive. Governments are the same. Misuse of programs that help people will be made up with higher taxes or the programs will be discontinued.
We have an option: we don't have to keep buying what we don't need and only want. We can stop misusing government programs which hurts everyone that could actually need it. People can stop pillaging neighborhood stores during a riots, which eventually leads to increased consumer goods. We can start being morally and legally responsible instead of blaming the world in order to justify criminal actions. We can break that cycle of our greed and misuse and set example for others.
Remember: As you sow, so shall ye reap.
Maybe that's the lesson the universe is showing some of us for abusing, not caring, or understanding what many of us have been contributing to. Pointing to others of being greedy when we're guilty, or have been guilty, of the same.
Maybe that's why most don't get what they want when they want. We all want a decent income to support ourselves and family. It's when we throw ourselves into the pool of greed, buying outside of need, misusing privileges, being constantly one-sided, then we're no better then who we accuse of the same.
Isn't that the same as the pot calling the kettle black?
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Walmart's Focus on Hunger
http://foundation.walmart.com/our-focus/hunger/
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