Whenever I get in a bad mood, I do what I can to reframe the situation. I try to put what’s negative into a more positive frame so that I can build off of that. One of the ideas that I’ve gotten when trying to figure out how to be more positive is the idea of prosperity begetting prosperity. Essentially, when someone is prosperous, that prosperity should bring others up. And honestly, I don’t really see that the way that I think should actually happen.

Unfortunately, in a predominantly consumer society, prosperity really doesn’t beget prosperity. It does, and it doesn’t. It’s limited. The whole “trickle-down” theory doesn’t really work. For example, if I make a million dollars, I want to be able to use a good portion of that million dollars to either create jobs or some sort of infrastructure that benefits others. We live in an economy that is becoming ever more gig-based. But a lot of those gigs pay very poorly in relation to what those particular tasks should pay. The market value for many once very valuable services has become deflated when they are offered on a global scale. And then, so does the quality of work done.

I think what I’m trying to say here is that when there is success, how it should work is beget other successes. No, not every one can be a successful small business owner. No, not everyone is going to get rich (money-wise anyway). Yes, we need “regular” jobs, because well, a society doesn’t function without them. What I’m saying is that we should value “regular” jobs properly, which when it comes to payscale our society kinda screws them.

I’m really sick of false promises, get rich pyramid schemes. Economies don’t work that way. Society overall can get richer but there must be actual physical assets backing them up, not just dollar signs. I’m talking about a new way of thinking about economics, not socialism, and not quite capitalism. Somewhere in between, but not a rule. It’s more an agreement among people.