Creativity Is An Innate Human Desire

I was having a conversation with a friend recently about why capitalism is a horrible and wretched system. Invariably, when capitalism is discussed, the proposed alternative is communism (please note the lower case "c"). And when communism is brought up,the capitalism supporters will say that communism doesn't work because humans are lazy. They say that only a few people will actually do work and everybody else will leech off of them.

This is 100% false.

Humans are not lazy by nature. Since the dawn of man, we have been constantly working. We develop new tools, new technologies. We discovered more and more about the world and how it works. And all the way through, we have been creating. On top of utilitarian discoveries, we have been telling stories. Before WORDS existed, we were telling stories!

Capitalism makes people lazy. It is a system that tells people they must be making money. Anything we do that is not earning money is by definition worthless (and is actually costing us money). It warps our minds. It makes us think that we are better off doing nothing than doing something badly. Capitalism also makes us hostile against one another. Because everything we do must provide value to us, then everybody trying to do the same thing is competition.

The point of this post is not meant to be on economics (even though this post is largely concerned with an economic system). The point is to talk about human nature. Humans are not lazy; their innate desire is to create and to explore. Sociological experiments consistently show this to be true. You can see it in children.They are always moving, always talking, always searching. The only things they ever care about are learning new things, and then telling other people about the things they learned. The only thing that makes them stop is us. Adults tell children to shut up. They tell them to remember stuff they don't care about and to stop thinking about the things they do. They tell us that the only thing we should be concerned about are getting jobs and making money. And the only people humanity has ever cared about are the ones who didn't do that.

When you ever find the weight of the world on your shoulders, know that it isn't your fault. Remember that the desires you have are what makes you a person, and fulfilling those desires are what you have to do to make you happy. The mind always knows the difference between what you want to do, and what you think other people want/expect you to do. Be aware of the difference, and do the thing that will satisfy your innate human desire.