The Force in Almost Everything

It is money. This sounds pessimistic, but it does not amount to much more than an accumulation of all influences in the world.

Consider one simple instance of economics: one purchase of one item by one person. The effect, of course, of that one purchase is not significant. The only thing that makes this significant is the accumulation of all consumer purchases, and, overall, where they come from and what they want. This is then a force, and the overall market adjusts.
Each case might as well be random, it would not change the method on which it operates.

Then there is politics, and, in a democracy, placed in the hands of the people. But that is individual people who may choose rationally how to cast their vote. The collection of people will ultimately decide, and the collection does not reason, and is influenced only by forces that may extend to the collection.

Thus politics becomes merely another element of the economy. While a specific act of government may be tuned one way or th other, overall, it must reflect the greatest force acting upon it. This is not even the minds of the politicians that affects it.

The reason for this is that money is the basis for the operation of the world, and the only basis which can extend to everything at once. It is a force which may act on every individual; it is the economy which controls the people who operate it, not the people who control the economy.

The Role of Thought

It has long been realized by people that there is a long gap between seeing what ought to be done, and doing what ought to be done. And yet, this knowledge, as is so typical, has not altered this fault.

People commit time to thinking. Out of this have come many ideas. They tell us how to teach, learn, live, and think. One would assume that the wisdom of so much thought would be heeded.

But somehow, it is not. A person can commit to an idea, but there is another force,

They came to the idea. It already had social pressure.
If it is new they will not succeed in it.
If it is old it is already absorbed.
There are too many people. No idea is unique. The collective mind has control over all of itself, even if not over any individual.
An individual does not have a great effect on the collective mind. There are too many components. They may only serve as a symbol for the communities ideas.

This is not bad. For sure, the collection of many people will be better able to live the life of everyone than could one person direct it.

But it is unfourtunate for change. There are so many strong motives that people have,

For a motive to have force, it must be compelling to many people. It must relly on emotions and thoughts common to many people. Thought is not beyond the reach of these forces.

So think, if it is not wasted.