As you know in America chasing dreams is the whole basis of everyone's life. Then once you're old enough, you start dreaming for your children and trying to make sure they can live their dreams. Growing up there was always a lot of dream talk. This thing about chasing dreams is deeply ingrained in our culture. And I guess it is everywhere in developed countries nowadays? I mean India doesn't have a caste system now, right? I don't know that much about India but I think, except for the poverty, they have become more like us in this respect.
But to talk about this with clarity we have to think about capitalism and sociology. Dreaming is basically based on the assumption of social mobility. Working-class kids are supposed to dream about becoming middle-class, so they are told to study hard in boring subjects in school and if they pass enough tests and walk-the-line just right they'll get to move up a notch or two on the ladder. Then they can have kids who will be rich and bored so will then to India (they can afford the ticket) to find a guru to tell them why they're empty inside.
This is a weird sorta setup, no?
Some people are dreaming about the life of the rich and many of the rich are dreaming about the life of the poor and wanna go to India. I mean, damn it's almost sick. Oh, maybe IT IS.
It's just natural to want a good life. Nobody wants to starve to death or not be able to see a doctor. Nobody wants to have their life reduced to a menial labor that doesn't allow them to express the best parts of their nature. Yet that is what we are doing to the vast majority. A very few people get to have their basic needs met and then some - without even having to think unduly about it. The rest are meant to struggle and dream about a day when they'll get to really live rather than just survive and struggle.
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Well, you might've figured out by now that I'm not too impressed with capitalism. To be continued...
P.S. Sorry if I got of got off the topic. I just think our world is unbalanced and doesn't work too well for the vast majority.