Reporting from cat sitting duty, north London…
It’s safe to say that large swathes of the human race have a minor obsession with the threat posed by extraterrestrial-type beings or objects…
After all, quite aside from the occasional zombie or asteroid-based thriller, by far the most popular film theme of the last decade or more has been the superhero tale.
The irony of this is quite something when you think about it, given the only beings actually intent on the destruction of this society and indeed this planet are those of the everyday, no special powers whatsoever, human variety.
It all comes down to one thing
Ultimately, every single war and violent disagreement comes down to one thing – a virus that there’s sadly no vaccination for…
Greed.
More money, more power, more land, more influence, more control over strangers’ lives (isn’t it utterly insane that some people care passionately about who complete strangers have consensual sex with?), more material possessions, or even just more attention.
It’s entirely possible for humans to live peacefully side by side (even if, shock horror, they have different beliefs or moral values), and it’s entirely possible to have a far more even spread of wealth and far less poverty without (calm down) becoming communists. For one, you can make being a billionaire illegal.
But sadly, none of this will ever come to pass due to the aforementioned incurable disease that is greed.
Be better
Now, of course, none of us (myself included) are immune to this affliction, and we’ll all falter at some point, but it really is our duty to at least try.
Do so and I’d wager you’ll end up feeling pretty decent about yourself and pretty well-liked by others…
You’ll also be infinitely less likely to fall into a loss chasing doom spiral, or add that ‘one too many’ team to your otherwise genius acca.
And at least that way, when the big bomb does eventually go off, you might have a few extra tins of tuna stashed away at the back of the cupboard.
