Fuck this incessant drive to generate more and more money. Why is it that when people get a whiff of (or not even cash but the promise of) cash wafted in front of them they throw all previous moral arguments out the window and jump on the band wagon? Recently I've seen 2 of my friends change for the worse in my opinion. One of them has always been money driven, even through university although I do think the parents pushed them more in that direction. They moved to the States a while ago and we kept in touch although I have to say that she sounded just like my parents over the years, telling me my life can't continue like it has and that I would 'have to grow up' one day, while she worked 14 hour days in a huge office building/prison. Lately we had a little spat regarding moeny and politics and out came the line 'I actually think George Bush is doing a great job.' This saddened me no end; the most conservative Republican, anti-environment president the USA has ever seen and she suddenly supports him from her nice big house in the 'burbs. Must have been the tax breaks for his already rich supporters that helped change that one. Sick. As long as I'm ok then fuck what he's doing to the rest of us. Therein lies the power of propaganda-based American TV. Watch out. The other friend is using all the flimsy defence arguments to try and cover up their real intentions. Don't get me wrong I'm not against 'money' per se but this constant craving to keep generating more and more makes me sick. Especially when it changes people from what I liked before into something I don't know if I can continue to connect with. I'm not a material person anymore. I don't want 5 houses and 3 cars, a big TV and a fitted kitchen. Fuck all of that. Have 4 houses and give the money from the 5th one to help homeless people or something. People are losing sight of the shit that's around them and the other people in this society that need help just to make themselves richer and richer. Puke. Make money your servant, not your master. You want to contribute to the get-rich-quick side of the world, fucking people over just to get yourself more money in the bank - go right ahead. Don't expect me to like it though and don't expect me to be around it for long.