The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons 1835 - J.M.W. Turner watched the fire of 1834 in London and depicted it in several paintings, including the one above
We are all born equal only in the fact that we are innocent and pure babies (we can all usually agree on that unless you believe that some are born evil) but that is another matter. We live out our lives as best we can in the country we happen to be born into, and we die usually in the same place. The main aspect of all our lives is how we live our short lives. There can be very few (if none at all) who do not face some struggle and strife and suffer some unfortunate circumstances somewhere along the line. I hope that up till now we can all agree on that. However, what mainly concerns me in this piece is the way of life which is unfairly foisted upon us as innocent babies. Born, as we all are, unconsciously into the time and place in which we all come into this world.
We enter into life without having asked to be born; but once we are here we have to live our lives in the circumstances and with the personal assets that we have been dealt. That is why the way of life we are born into and foisted upon us is unfair, as mentioned earlier. Unfair because of the inequality which still exists within society in Britain in the 21 century. Some of us are born into privilege and some into poverty and social oppression. We are lead to believe, by the aspirational machine which exists in full force in the Capitalist country we live in, that if we strive hard enough we can move up if we are on the bottom rung of the ladder. However, if we really think about it this applies only to the few. Most of us will never move significantly up or down the social ladder. The few exceptions that we know of personally or are shown in the media are just that, exceptions to the rule.
Yes we can strive by acquiring a good education and eventually a good career and in turn sending our children to better schools etc. However, the status quo will remain in place. And it is set up to remain so; the system is in place to ensure that the social structure remains in place and that the few own the real assets. It is no coincidence that only a handful of families and a handful of powerful people run the world. Most crucially the government, and in Britain, Parliament. This is the inequality and the unfairness to which the innocent children of the poor are born into. They, through an accident of birth and no fault of their own, suffer a life of drudgery when they could have a much better quality of life. In Britain today, the social inequality is growing much wider, the poor are getting poorer and the wealthy are growing the pile they have amassed over the centuries.
The swindle that Parliament perpetuate is the illusion of democracy. We are made to believe through the media (which is run by the wealthy and powerful who are the elite) that we are in a democracy in which we can vote in the government which has our best interest as a country in their hands. We are under the illusion that the government is running the country for us. However, the poor are getting poorer and getting the blame, and the rich are getting richer and getting all the pleasure. Anyone old enough may know that reference, it seems it will endure because it is true.
When will society eventually wake up to the fact that this life is precious for all innocent babies born into it. That no matter what circumstances they are brought up in, they deserve better than poverty. They deserve much more than to be made to feel second or even third class in a the class based system they happen to be born into. When people wake up from the delusional life we are made to experience now, then the revolution should come about. Then the majority poor of this country should take back the assets that their children deserve. Just like the powers that be who run the country and perpetuate the status quo, took the power and the assets over the centuries. Power is never given over freely, it has to be taken. A fairer society can come about because it exists in other countries.
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