What is wrong with the world today? Do you feel it already? Let me tell you what's wrong: Everything! I don't even know where to start. Science? Inventions? Do you even remember the time when scientists were actually inventing something new? Remember the days when a single guy was able to come up with a light bulb concept? Or those brothers who risked their lives to achieve their dream of flying? Or the team who came up with the first television screen? Those were the days, when people used to create stuff out of thin air. We felt like gods back then. But those times are long gone.
What great things do we get today? Facebook? Cherry-flavored Pepsi? Another horror movie with a creepy little girl in it? Enough of that crap. I get it. You take MySpace and pretty it up with some nice colors, ad some extra features, and voila, Facebook. I've got nothing against it, of course. On the contrary, I use it often. I also enjoy the taste of cherry-flavored Pepsi, and I do watch horror movies, but forgive me if I don't start jumping up and down out of sheer happiness. I'm not impressed, okay?
When I watch the fastest hitter in the world, I want to watch him fight somebody who doesn't know how to dodge his hits. Let's be honest: we don't invent things anymore. We simply build on something that's already out there. There hasn't been a single original invention in at least 30 years, with the exception of the internet, of course, but even internet was thought up a long, long time ago. We were simply waiting for technology to advance enough to make it possible. We've become parasites. We eat on the flesh of true geniuses who created the world as we know it. We sweeten up their creations, paint their work in pretty colors, and resell them again to restless consumers.
We've been building a whole civilization on the shoulders of those few who sacrificed everything to make a better tomorrow. Why is that? What kind of explanation can we find?
"The industrial world started taking shape at the end of 19th and beginning of 20th century," they say. "Thanks to the effort of handful of those geniuses who shaped this world in their extraordinary vision we became the society we are today." That sounds pretty reasonable at first glance, but when you dig a little deeper, there's a lot of crap to it.
So let me get this straight, humans lived for thousands of years killing each other and eating crappy food with dirty hands and all of a sudden for no obvious reason we simply decided to change all that? In a span of 80 years or so those geniuses started popping up like mushrooms after some heavy raining? I'm not buying it. I'm not trying to dispute it of course, but you can't just say it happened and leave it at that. Where were those people before? Where are they now?
You want to know what I think? They're around. They were always around; they're simply not allowed to come to the surface. They're stuck cleaning floors somewhere. And this is the single greatest threat humanity is facing today: the wrong people in the wrong places. You've got actors who think they can act, singers who think they can sing, politicians who think they can rule. Why is it that those who have nothing to say are the very same people who always talk the most?
Remember when you were kid and you saw somebody important on TV, like a president or a senator, and thought to yourself, "My god, can you imagine how incredibly smart that guy has to be? He's running a whole country or something, making sure that every family is happy and has enough to survive. Do you have any idea how hard that is?" But then you grew up and realized that a lot of those people aren't that smart, probably not even smarter than you.
Today you can almost say that the majority of politicians around the world are dumber than your average Joe; not because your Joe is so smart but because politicians are so freaking dumb. I've had enough.
Aren't you sick of scientists telling us that global warming is happening because the cows are burping? Aren't you sick of UFC fights where two equally good fighters are locked in a never-ending struggle to beat each other? When I watch the fastest hitter in the world, I want to watch him fight somebody who doesn't know how to dodge his hits. I want to see teeth flying, blood splattering. Only then I will jump from my seat, spill my beer, and say, "Fuck, yeah! Now this is a fight!"
Put the right people in right places. We demand it. We can't all just keep taking it up the ass and pretend that we like it. Some of us have to stand up for what we believe in. Some of us have to walk out to the busy streets, where people are walking as if nothing is happening, and scream at those people. "You sick bastards! Put the right people in the right places!!" And don't be afraid to mention names. Choose somebody who you can't stand at all. And scream from the top of your lungs. "I hate you, Chelsea Handler!! You're not funny!" Try it. It will be a relief. It will bring you peace, at least for a while.
Word of advice, though: if any of you should try this little experiment, keep in mind that you shouldn't stay exposed for too long, because if you do, a couple of strong guys might just show up in a vehicle to take you to a nice facility at the edge of a town, where they might just put you in a white suit with extra long sleeves and where you'll be able to converse all day long with some friendly people who share similar views. The right people. All of them in the right place.