tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post2557758059569318512..comments2023-10-02T23:08:07.376+11:00Comments on In a yellow wood: The CarouselFeroniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220145940239166814noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post-24285911270500263282011-10-06T11:56:43.534+11:002011-10-06T11:56:43.534+11:00@ Bodecea -
So very beautifully put. But how do w...@ Bodecea -<br /><br />So very beautifully put. But how do we avoid all these traps laid out for us? Living completely 'off grid' is hard to achieve while still making some contribution to society.Feronianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post-54805043793303184842011-10-05T21:15:16.685+11:002011-10-05T21:15:16.685+11:00Those who wants us to buy - their pills for youth ...Those who wants us to buy - their pills for youth and against becoming fat and lonely, their insurances against this and that, their weapons, their safes, their new even safer cars, their sport stuff to stay healthy and fit, their special food, their additional lessons for our stupid children to make them smarter, their alcohol to forget our angst, and so on...<br /><br />And of course those who want control us - who want our data to know a lot of us (to prevent crime and terror - of course!), who want to cut our freedom of choice, who want us to be well-behaved. Not to ask to many questions. Not to have doubts if we want to be controlled at all.<br /><br />BodeceaBodeceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689001668472410049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post-48094070024029357162011-10-04T10:16:13.107+11:002011-10-04T10:16:13.107+11:00@ Bodecea -
That is a really interesting point. I...@ Bodecea -<br /><br />That is a really interesting point. I agree that we are encouraged to buy, buy, buy to keep real life at bay but who wants us to be frightened, do you think?Feronianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post-57151797856707102332011-10-03T20:35:11.620+11:002011-10-03T20:35:11.620+11:00Neus - but who makes us hurry? We do it by ourself...Neus - but who makes us hurry? We do it by ourself. We don`t have to - at least not to this level. We could slow down - consume less - avoid fast food - use the Internet less - use clothes, furniture longer - live simpler - we could. But do we want to? Maybe we are a bit addictive to stress and hurry. To all this colourful fast stuff around. <br /><br />Feronia - maybe we should try to imagine again a good future? (Imagine... John Lennon...)<br /><br />At the moment, people (here) only think about catastrophes - but we are safer than ever. In the 60ties, it was possible to die by a nuclear war - it is no longer something we have to be afraid of. We have less crime, less poison in the environment (at least in Germany). no war, no disease. And we are frightened. Maybe someone wants us to be frightened. It is easier to control people who are frightend. MAke them buy, buy, buy.Bodeceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689001668472410049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post-6877642506119118782011-10-03T10:44:56.810+11:002011-10-03T10:44:56.810+11:00@ Bodecea -
Absolutely! I love that - we have los...@ Bodecea -<br /><br />Absolutely! I love that - we have lost a belief in the future. That's absolutely spot on - I completely agree with you. Everything seemed possible - yes - there was still a sense that human existence was progressive perhaps? That is, about progress?<br /><br />@ Neus -<br /><br />Yes - the slowness of certain aspects of the past. Why do we hurry so much now? What are we hurrying towards?Feroniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220145940239166814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post-30321567493554305952011-10-03T06:00:30.400+11:002011-10-03T06:00:30.400+11:00Good question!! I'm totally agree with the fir...Good question!! I'm totally agree with the first comment! I have an idyllic view of the past, like in the film: midnight in Paris. The truth is that it was a hard times, but I'm still loving it. <br />What I love about the "vintage" time is having more time: no fast food, no hurries...Neushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936105925035854434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post-47450755925314353032011-10-02T23:48:10.363+11:002011-10-02T23:48:10.363+11:00You know I have so many thoughts about this but no...You know I have so many thoughts about this but not so much free mind & time writing - I myself think I like the 60ties/70ties because if the feeling that something new and great has started. More freedom, civil rights movements, hippies, sexual revolution, womens movement, new age - everything seemed to be possible in this time. Nowadays, many things are BETTER (for workers, women,alternative lifestyles etc), but we have lost the believe in the future. Paradox - I love the future of the past. It is a bit like longing to be young again, when everything seemed to be possible in future. It is a longing for power and strength but also for naivety.<br /><br />BodeceaBodeceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689001668472410049noreply@blogger.com