A Bout The System

We all live in systems. It's a fundamental and unavoidable fact.

Unless one can become completely self-reliant -- and I mean complete -- than we will always be dependent upon other systems to meet our needs.

Consider the basics: Food, Clothing, Shelter. How do you obtain these? Unless you harvest your own seeds, dig your own well and harvest your own garden you will have to rely upon outside systems to keep you fed; and these systems will set prices, location of stores and quantity/quality of produce. Your diet is at the mercy of the food industry!

Shelter, well unless you decide to squat somewhere, you'll have to pay rent, utilities, etc... well I won't belabour the point.

So, yup, we're surrounded by pressures of conformity whether we like it or not.
 
kallieb said:
We all live in systems. It's a fundamental and unavoidable fact.

Unless one can become completely self-reliant -- and I mean complete -- than we will always be dependent upon other systems to meet our needs.

Consider the basics: Food, Clothing, Shelter. How do you obtain these? Unless you harvest your own seeds, dig your own well and harvest your own garden you will have to rely upon outside systems to keep you fed; and these systems will set prices, location of stores and quantity/quality of produce. Your diet is at the mercy of the food industry!

Shelter, well unless you decide to squat somewhere, you'll have to pay rent, utilities, etc... well I won't belabour the point.

So, yup, we're surrounded by pressures of conformity whether we like it or not.
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..and I always thought that wise Canadians were a conflict in terms...:)
 
Can't resist a bragging moment!!!:01::01:

A little bit about my country:

In 2004, a study by Statistics Canada found that 59.1% of Canadians aged 25 to 54 had a post-secondary certificate or university degree, 8.0% had taken some post-secondary education, 20.1% were high school graduates, and 12.9% had less than a high school education.

And in terms of our overall Standard of Living, I pulled this off the net:

Canada's Rank in UN Index

Index of Living Conditions

The United Nations ranked Canada sixth on its Human Development Index for 2006. The country's standard of living, health care system, educational attainment, housing, cultural and recreational facilities, level of public safety and tourist opportunities are all of an exceptionally high quality. Rank Country
1 Norway
2 Iceland
3 Australia
4 Ireland
5 Sweden
6 Canada
7 Japan
8 United States
9 Switzerland
10 Netherlands
11 Finland
12 Luxembourg
13 Belgium
14 Austria
15 Denmark
What do they say about myth vs reality:whistling:whistling

OK, I'm off my soap box now!!
 
In 2004, a study by Statistics Canada found that 59.1% of Canadians aged 25 to 54 had a post-secondary certificate or university degree, 8.0% had taken some post-secondary education, 20.1% were high school graduates, and 12.9% had less than a high school education.
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The most impressive thing about those statistics is that they add up to 100.1% :O
 
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