Is society sick, or am i?

I just can't shake off this feeling that society; humanity; the world, is fundamentally sick. And I feel trapped within it.

I think I've done everything in my life so far, that I'm supposed to have done, and perhaps more. I graduated school, with decent grades, passed my car exam, got a car, a good secure job working (in an area I love, with people I admire), a mortgage and found an amazing, intelligent and beautiful girl to whom I'm compatible with and engaged to be married to in less than a year. I'm not rolling in cash, but according to the status quo, and in comparison to a lot of people around me, I've pretty much made it in life at the grand young age of 25. However I don't believe these are the most important factors within life, but I added this information since they seem to be the deciding factors within the narrative of happiness told to us when growing up; Work, Home, Love, Hope = Happiness.

More personally, I try to engage myself with other forms of progressive interests. I workout daily, practice meditation, discuss and debate political issues, and volunteer my time to those less fortunate, and generally try to be a good friend to anyone that comes into my life who is need. I do to social gatherings with many friends, where I really do have fun and enjoy those times. I read (a lot) on a variety of different topics, Physics, advanced mathematics, mechanics, computing, biology, finance, the economy, philosophy and religion, food and cooking... Really everything. I think I might do this because I'm in search for meaning behind the very feeling I find myself questioning. The one I'm talking right now.

Is it me that is sick, or is it in fact society that is in fact sick? I just have so many seemingly small questions, that I myself with a relative perspective can answer quite easily, but when combined paint such an ugly picture of the world, that makes me feel so sick.

Why are there houses left empty that nobody can afford or want, when there are equal numbers of homeless people in need?
In fact why do we even have to buy houses? Other than the effort of those who built the houses, and the effort it took to get the resources?
I'll say it, why is profit even a thing? If you think about it, your profit, is someone else's debt. Is that really how we want to live? indebted...
Why do we promote selfishness and greed within business? Why does the founder of a business profit so disproportionately more than the workers who keep it going?
Who really needs a billion (insert currency here) anyway?
Why are companies being let off paying billions in taxes, using loop holes which were probably created for those purposes?
Especially when that money, could mean people is actual need could have a better life?
Hell... Money doesn't even exist. It only represents power/control over resources anyway.
Yet it is used to enslave us by those who have the most of it.
Resources and knowledge should be shared with all living humans, and distributed to those most in need, shouldn't it?
How are more taxes really going to solve climate change? If that is even a thing humans have caused to begin with.
Why are media corporations spinning stories from such cruel narratives?
If we have to have capitalism, can't it be governed better? More transparently?
Do we really need to start wars for the sake of deciding which few humans get to control certain, oil or gas? / (insert natural resource here)
In fact, why are spending so much time and effort as a species producing weaponry, to kill each other with anyway? Surely this would be better spent elsewhere?

And I know it'd be so easy for anyone to say "well that is how it is, get used to it," I've even said this to myself many times. But I always ask myself further "well why is it that way? this isn't the best way to do things". Likewise it would be so easy to say "well go live off the grid away from society," again that thought has crossed my mind many times. But that's not what I want, and wouldn't fix anything. Surely yes we should be more in touch with the nature, and have a better sense of community and togetherness, but we can do that while using modern technology without killing each other and screwing each other over, right?

It just feels to me that everything we're told when growing up, and the core values that are ingrained into society are a loads of tosh... I've done everything I'm supposed to do, and sure in isolated incidents I am quite happy and comfortable. When I socialise, or drive my car, or go to the gym, or eat a meal, I genuinely feel happy, and also lucky to be alive. But there is something in the back of my mind, that knows that all my "successes" in life, are more about luck than anything else.... Life if I were to have been born in a country that the people in power in my country wanted the oil from beneath the earth of, I'd probably have grown up in a war zone. Or if I happened to be homosexual I'd be whipped or in-prisoned. Or if I ever did something heroic that people in power disliked, I'd be assassinated. or I could have been born into a place where I'd have to prostitute myself just to buy enough food to eat.... and these are people's live today, not just hypothetical piece of my imagination.

I just don't even know how to get rid of these feelings inside of me. I better whenever I do good deeds towards others, or when I see someone else doing good deeds. But its not fully, compensatory.

I'd appreciate any thoughts on this.

Many thanks

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  • mr.fabuloso

    this is gonna be hard but ok, it seems like you have tried so hard to have what people consider "the perfect life" that you in fact feel empty inside because of that. let me ask you something, have you ever taken time to figure yourself out? like going on trips to see things you haven't seen before, opening your mind to new cultures and ideas, and generally just try to understand the world around you? because from what it sounds like, you have only seen the world in a narrow minded way. i'm not saying you are intolerant but that you have had this one said goal in your mind your whole life and rarely ever adapted it. so now that you have finally reached your goal that will determine the rest of your life so early, you only want to do more. so you start questioning everything because you feel like you have hit the end of the road and you don't just want that to be it. the world is both an amazing and a horrifying place, try to see what it has in store for you just at the tip of your fingers

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  • umph

    It may not be an eXclusive OR.
    It is entirely possible that BOTH you AND the society are sick.

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  • Koda

    That, my friend, was a tome to put my tomes to shame. But I agree with you somewhat.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

    not to be glib cause yall put some good effort into yalls post but ever stop to think why all them rich successful hollywood types is so miserable and always latchin onto some kinda cause or religion or cult?

    my question is whyre good people so introspective while soulless douches just sit back and think the world owes em success?

    yall should go travel to some of the more awful partsa the world and see how peoples livin

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  • howaminotmyself

    It is hard to break the cycle. But we aren't all sick. I don't feel sick. I contribute to a positive society. I have given up in my in-laws but I have children in my life. Being a good role model is important to me.

    And I work for a company that struggles because we try to give back. It's hard, we go unnoticed and will likely be swallowed by big companies and ignorant customers. People without there money where their mouth is. There are better options but we can't afford them. So we continue the cycle. It is depressing, I feel ya OP. So I do what I can to respect my world and feel good doing it. I find gardening helps. As well as surrounding yourself with like minded people. I don't make a lot of money but I love my work and more importantly, my co-workers.

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  • Shrunk

    https://youtu.be/hfIADgTLIu8

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  • omghahahawasbanned

    You worry too much! All I am thinking these days is I want to have sex sometime.

    Don't think too much. Just enjoy one day at a time and see if you can improve it to the best of your ability.

    Then go to bed happy and hopefully get some sex.

    What wants some sex? Do you want some sex?

    Sex here! Sex here!

    lol

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