Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Are Businesses Ultimately Responsible for Our Degrading Health?

When you're fat, is it the fault of the business person selling fatty foods to you or is it your fault for indulging in fatty foods?

When you get a tumour from the chemicals in the corn or vegetable that you constantly consume, is it the fault of the farmer who plants them with chemicals to get extra crops or your fauly for buying the vegetables?

But do you know that you and I are RESPONSIBLE or should I say AT FAULT in both cases.

If you buy stocks in a company, you're telling the company management that you believe in what they do and support them. The company management then tries its best to do enhance its business because if it doesnt, you sell its shares and invest in another company. So by investing in a company that produces crops, you're telling the company to do well. And company management puts pressure on farmers to have more yield. And farmers, for fear of being replaced by other farmers, start using chemicals to enhance their crop yield. And in the end, it is you and me who poisons you and me. We cant blame anyone else.

Will this make everyone invest in companies that only produce organice food.

NO.

People are greedy. Most of the people I speak to believe in living for today. Who cares about the future. Look at what the past left us, so why must we clean the mess? Let the future handle its own problems!

This is the mentality of the current herd of humans in this world. And this is why we will never grow to higher level as a species. 

There are a few among us who are trying to change the world. We can make a difference

Start investing in companies that do not destroy the future. Start by investing in companies that care about you and me. And do not be so gullible in believing advertisements. Companies advertise so that they can suck as much wealth from you to pay their shareholders, which could be yourself or even your neighbour. Dont be a fool so that your neighbour can be rich.

Think and invest in the future, in our future.

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