Societal Operating System: Rally Cry
Hmmm, if enough voices join together, can the clean-and-remove exercise begin?
I am a couple of years into retirement and insulated from some of the pressures that working age adults are facing these days. Job security is a major issue for many given the impact of Donald MAGA Trump’s tariffs which he revises more often that most of us change our socks.
It is fortunate that I am retired. I spent the last two decades of my career employed by a not-for-profit, partially government funded, workplace safety association representing the manufacturing sector among others. Revenues for that organization are no doubt down significantly as manufacturers tighten their belts. I would be worrying about my job if I was still employed there.
But I am not immune to the many other concerns that face us today. As time rolls on with its own unstoppable momentum, I find myself worrying about things which I unfortunately have very limited ability to influence.
Exactly how much damage can the megalomaniac, narcissistic Trump inflict in his second term as President of the United States? And how is it possible that he still holds that office given the unstable and dictatorial manner in which he governs?
Is the impact of climate change tipping over to the irreversible state? If so, what does that mean for the future – tomorrow, next week, next month and next year?
The gap between the haves and the have-nots continues to widen. The wealth of the world is concentrated in an increasingly small percentage of people. What will happen to the people left behind if the political will to address the problem continues to be half-hearted at best?
Wars continue to rage on killing hundred of thousands and leaving millions in a desperate state. The political leaders behind the invasions give lip service to the idea of peace treaties but show no real interest in them. Loss of life and suffering appears to mean nothing to them.
As I was pondering these concerns today, Norton Utilities – the program that protects my laptop and keeps it running smoothly – engaged and did its thing. As I followed its prompts, it occurred to me that we need a Utilities program to address the many ills of society.
System Junk: Clean and remove all the junk (e.g. greed, lust for power, indifference, intolerance, narcissism, willful blindness) that is steadily eroding equality and justice.
Broken Registry Keys and Shortcuts: Clean and remove all the mechanisms that allow privileged and entitled power-mongers to advance their cause at the expense of others.
Browser Data: Clean and remove the systemic bias that blinds those in positions of power to the destructive impact of their actions and to the issues they really should be focusing on.
If we shift our perspective and consider society to be a global operating system (in this technological age that is not as farfetched as it might seem), then maybe a thorough cleaning and purging of the system is needed. It is obviously not as simple as clicking a button. But there must be a way to initiate the process.
Enough voices joining together in a roar so loud and so sustained it cannot be ignored. Let this be the rally cry.
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