Groups of People Working Together

North American Petroleum Pipelines
Foundation of our civilization

Groups of people working together, commonly called 'businesses' or 'companies', is what makes our modern life possible. Some people like to complain about businesses by using phrases like 'they aren't fair' or they are 'making obscene profits'. Businesses are not the problem. The problem is that we don't have enough people organizing groups of people into productive enterprises. I dunno, maybe it's not possible to have everyone working. Or maybe the people who aren't working don't want to work. Well, sure, there are people who don't want to work, but the problem right now it that there are a large number of people who want to work, but can't find meaningful employment, and by meaningful, I mean a job that pays a decent wage and is not soul-crushing. Just how much a decent wage is is open to debate, likewise how much soul-crushing a person can tolerate is also variable. More money can alleviate some of that soul-crushing, at least for a while.

The big problem is that people can be disagreeable. Getting a group of people to work together requires a cerain force of personality. A thick skin may also be necessary. We complain about politicians being corrupt, or stupid or in league with the devil, but they are the ones who are willing to wade into swamp and deal with all the other swamp creatures. I sometimes think I should give it a try, but that takes energy, and at this point in my life, this blog takes all my creative energy.

But you should give it a try. You can't be any worse than any of the morons who currently inhabit the swamp of politics.

If the economy gets too bad, you start getting rabble rousers calling on the downtrodden to rise up and then you get revolutions and wars. Are people in warmer climates more sensitive to slights? More likely to take offense? Is that why countries in the tropics suffer from wars and revolutions more frequently? Or is it that clear thinking in warmer climes is in short supply?