Redefining Self Worth

I have had some interesting conversations lately. Those conversations did not teach me anything that I did not already understand, in fact I have written about these things previously. However, I think the conversations brought the issues home to me in more humanistic ways than I have viewed them. They brought to mind many past conversations and ones I encounter on a daily basis.

I will admit that I tend to be highly judgmental of materialistic, capitalist-minded people. I will continue to reserve the right of judgment in some instances but maybe keep it in check a bit more for the more extreme cases.

One major problem here is that so many people in this country have been indoctrinated to the definition of human worth as defined in a capitalist socioeconomic structure. The fact is, the people who have been indoctrinated into this mindset fully define themselves with the same limitations. This is something I find to be nothing short of tragic.

Why is it tragic? Because they objectify and dehumanize human beings with their views. Yet they do not only inflict this upon others, they inflict these views upon themselves.

I have written on numerous occasions that a capitalist, by their own definition, has no value. Their possessions have value. Their bank account has value. If you took away their belongings, their wealth, no matter how little or how much they have, they would lose all sense of self. They would have no meaningful self-worth at all. These are the people who would commit suicide if their…