The system doesn’t only need Viagra

“The moment you are something you’ve stopped becoming something”. (Don’t remember who said that, but it’s true I think.)

Politically there are no right or wrong systems. Communism isn’t bad and globalization isn’t bad either. It’s a question of timing. It amazes me how people can hold on to an ideology and refuse everything which doesn’t fit. There are hell a lot of people out there who think that the world is like some kind of machine. Put a little liberalism here and everything will be great. Follow the market, the bible or whatever else and you’ll live in paradise.
I must admit in our complex world it’s very attractive to believe that there is a truth and as soon as everyone follows it there will be a happy end (deep in our hearts everybody somehow loves happy ends, right?). But in the end all systems tend to nullify what they’ve created. It’s like from the moment we’re born death is coming nearer everyday.
In some sense it’s great that we live in a society where someone who works really hard can make millions. On the other hand that’s not worth a penny because rich people damage the very system which made them rich by avoiding it. A company for example can only prosper if the employees and the managers are good at what they’re doing. Theoretically the market could guarantee that only the best get the job, because only the best have the skills needed to succeed. But is this really the case? Is it just coincidence that most managers, politicians and influential families are somehow all connected? Is it coincidence that in every day life it’s easier to get a job if you know someone who’s working there? Now where’s the competition? Where’s the competition if there are only a limited number of Harvard graduates who all know each other?
Same’s with communism. Where’s the equal opportunity if one guy stays at home or goes partying while the other one works his butt off but doesn’t get anything out of it? If you treat the asses like the noble everyone will become an ass, because it simply needs less energy than to behave in a civilized manner. It’s as simple as that.
Nevertheless there are situations where some systems are more useful than others. Holding on to feminism, liberalism, capitalism, communism or whatever is about as helpful as swallowing Viagra to cure every physical problem which arises just because it helped in the past. Holding on to an ideology means that you quash innovation, the very thing we need to solve problems. Something we believe in can only survive if we don’t stubbornly treat it as sacrosanct.
You can’t trick death with manoeuvring the same way every time. You have to be innovative so that you can take problems by surprise.