Can we not create a world of our desire?

Do we need to wait for someone else to do it for us?

In my last post, I reflected on how capitalism influences a lot of our modern-day relationships with others and how we show up in the world, prompted by a silly Facebook post (ha, it does have some use after all).

Someone had posted this prompt in one of the groups I’m in:

“I found a nomad soulmate, then I realized he/her _____.”

And this was my reply:

I found a nomad soulmate, then I realized we are constrained by the limits placed on us by capitalistic society.

My thoughts on how capitalism has ruined our ability to be in community with each other aside, something else came out of my reply to this prompt which I found interesting - how people responded.

Check out this screenshot of the comments on my response:

So a few things struck me about their replies.

1. They seem to think that communism (as practiced by North Korea, no less) is the only other alternative to capitalism.

2. The idea that people should be able to get what they want without having to work is impossible to imagine.

3. Someone else is…