Economy

Sitting here, studying economy and one thought just keeps flashing through my head: why do we have an economy?

When the economy grows, our 'wealth' grows. We get more income and are able to buy more stuff, or at least, that's the thought behind it. Then again, when incomes grow and people want to buy more, the prices of items increase as well. So more goods have to be produced.

So here we are, with an ever growing population. The economy NEEDS to grow in order to provide enough jobs for all these people, who in turn earn money and thus buy items themselves. And so it goes on and on and on. This has to go wrong sometime. And it did.

Now, what I just said isn't the reason of our economic crisis, but it did go wrong with the economy. And look at what happened. People live in poverty, are forced out of their houses, lose everything they have and even get into debs they'll never be able to pay off. And yet there's people that make profit out of this.

Isn't the whole concept of having an economy just insane? Or is that just me.

The USA, for instance, has an ever growing debt. It's currently at 15.217.000.000.000~ and increases with nearly $ 10.000 every SECOND. When will that end? And when it ends, what will happen to our "economy"? Will money cease to exist? When that happens, what becomes of our society? Will humanity still be able to expand their wealth? Do people even realise that countries like the USA dont even have ANY money at all? While they still continue their wars and still build stuff, spend money on oil etc etc?

The question is not if, but when this will become a disaster.

When it does, and this is just what I think will happen, humanity will be in turmoil. How do we obtain goods when we can't buy them? Do we trade? Do we steal? Massive plunder is most likely going to occur, which will in turn cause global crime. But who knows, maybe the economy will just be reset. Dividing money equally over countries. Giving nations in Africa a chance too.

After all, money is nothing more then a number in our computers these days.

School.

A thing that's really been on my mind today is school.

Exams are coming up and I'm pretty stressed out on one hand, but on the other...I don't know. I guess I don't really care anymore. Why would I sit behind my desk, staring at a book for countless hours when I don't care? What's the purpose of studying? Everything in society is so based on performing. You need to be able to do everything. Study ALL the words, know ALL the mathematical equations. For what? To get a "good job". That is if you even get a job with all this crisis and what not. And how do they test you? Well, with a test.

That's the next thing that bothers me. Tests. They are so flawed. What if a person has a bad week? What if a relative or some other bad thing happened? This all influences his or her performences. Is that taken into account with said test? Ha, hell no. But you will still get that bad mark.

Nevertheless, back to the topic.

Do I care? On one hand, I do. I wanna be done with school after this year, my exams year, so I can get on with my life. But then again. This isn't so bad. A cozy life, not too much worries. Living in the town I've lived in for the biggest part of my life. I know it here. It's safe here...I'm in no rush to leave. Most of my peers think differently about this. They have the biggest plans in their heads; "I'm gonna study this and I'll go there and then I'll work and make money for this and that and blahblahblah.". I don't have a clue yet. What do I study? Don't know. History maybe? It's the only thing that appeals to me currently. History is interesting. It's a bunch of stories when you read it, but yet...it all actually happened. Or so we are told.

So there's the dilemma. Do I wanna go for it, pass my exams and set out to study or do I stay yet another year at the same boring old school...but a safe one?

About this blog.

Yeah so, I guess this is the start of my blog.

I doubt much people will read it, but I didn't create this to draw attention. I merely want to use this to put my thoughts out there. On the internet. Thoughts about life, about people, about society, about love and just about things that pass. Maybe people who think alike will end up here. Maybe people who think differently will end up here to argue with me, or to view things in a new way.

I'm not really experienced with blogging so go easy on me, whoever reads this ;).

Cheers.