First, I would like to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful Mothers out there. You are, after all, literally the reason why the human race even exists at all, despite the fact that the work you do is grossly undervalued in so many way by our twisted capitalistic and patriarchal society. In other words, your beautiful feminine energy is essentially what keeps the rest of us alive.
Thank you.I would also like to note and lament how, for all the shallow platitudes America likes to throw around about "Mothers and apple pie", we are still a nation that perpetually continues to screw over Mothers and pregnant Women in so many ways. Years ago, the legendary Guru Rasa Von Werder shared with us a poignant and in-depth article from Vox (see here) with us that illustrates the various ways in which that is true. This article should truly be food for thought indeed. Our patriarchal and capitalistic society clearly has a "cult of motherhood", in which the "ideal" of motherhood is so highly vaunted, worshipped even, but in practice actual Mothers themselves get about as much genuine respect as Rodney Dangerfield. Both during and after pregnancy, so many Mothers are routinely discriminated against, overworked, underpaid, and even outright criminalized in many cases. And meanwhile, there is to this day a powerful faction of mostly male politicians that is doing everything in their power to deny Women their right to choose whether or not to get (or stay) pregnant in the first place. Indeed, the rank hypocrisy of our utterly misogynistic, hypocritical, and pharisaical system is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
Meanwhile, old Buckminster Fuller (who, not coincidentally, believed that Women should rule the world) must be spinning in his grave right now. With today's technology and innovation, there is literally no legitimate reason why we as a society need "everybody and their mother" (literally!) to "work for a living" unless they really wanted to. There are more than enough resources in the world for everyone on this planet to live like a millionaire, but the greedy oligarchs who control such resources apparently don't want to share. Combined with the outdated scarcity mentality that men tend to favor (as opposed to the abundance mentality that Women tend to favor), those same oligarchs have also done everything in their power to sabotage any alternatives (i.e. free and renewable energy) to their own evil system that they force upon the rest of us. So why make them even richer?
Additionally, just as we should "dispense with the absolutely specious notion that everybody needs to earn a living" (in Bucky's words), so too should we jettison the equally specious and outdated idea that "everybody must procreate" as though it were a civic duty. Not only does today's technology make much useful human labor redundant, but the world is grossly overpopulated and will only get more so in the coming decades, and despite the abundance of the world's resources we are chewing through them like there is no tomorrow while destroying the planet. And the main cause of that overpopulation is--wait for it--MEN. Because they are the ones who, both historically and today, force, coerce, deceive, and/or manipulate Women to have kids that they otherwise would not want or are not yet ready for. Men like to "get 'em while they're young" and then use them as serial breeding slaves, essentially, and all the euphemisms in the world do not change that fact. It is really no coincidence that the two most effective (and ethical) ways to reduce overpopulation and excessively high birthrates are 1) female empowerment and 2) poverty reduction, while everything else is a mere sideshow. Because when Women actually have a free and genuine choice on when or whether or not to reproduce, they usually make the right choices overall. After all, they are the ones who have the most "skin in the game", therefore they would know best.
Additionally, just as we should "dispense with the absolutely specious notion that everybody needs to earn a living" (in Bucky's words), so too should we jettison the equally specious and outdated idea that "everybody must procreate" as though it were a civic duty. Not only does today's technology make much useful human labor redundant, but the world is grossly overpopulated and will only get more so in the coming decades, and despite the abundance of the world's resources we are chewing through them like there is no tomorrow while destroying the planet. And the main cause of that overpopulation is--wait for it--MEN. Because they are the ones who, both historically and today, force, coerce, deceive, and/or manipulate Women to have kids that they otherwise would not want or are not yet ready for. Men like to "get 'em while they're young" and then use them as serial breeding slaves, essentially, and all the euphemisms in the world do not change that fact. It is really no coincidence that the two most effective (and ethical) ways to reduce overpopulation and excessively high birthrates are 1) female empowerment and 2) poverty reduction, while everything else is a mere sideshow. Because when Women actually have a free and genuine choice on when or whether or not to reproduce, they usually make the right choices overall. After all, they are the ones who have the most "skin in the game", therefore they would know best.
And to those folks with the audacity to worry about low and falling birthrates in the rich countries these days? Well, that's a GOOD thing on balance. It's almost like Gaia is trying to tell us all something. And it should go without saying, of course, but NO ONE should EVER be forced, coerced, deceived, or manipulated into motherhood. It must ALWAYS be an individual choice, as anything else is slavery. End of.
So let the planetary healing begin!
MAMASTE
