Government

[jikwan]

nightlife
you may be talking about doing only that which is necessary
and not doing that which is unecessary
its a tall order   but it is being practiced  an extremely difficult practice
arent you supposed to be in tune with your intuition to be able to do that?

and how does one uncover the intuition?   

[nightlife]

jikwan, how does one uncover the intuition?

Yes that would be a tall order but if we need to change things for the better, then our greed and laziness must properly addressed as a whole. Our government and the big money  that runs it, feeds off our greed.

Proper education would help change things if we just could stop wanting to change and realize that we need to change. Not only for ourselves, but for all living things.

[jikwan]

through awareness/stilling the mind
we are taught to be greedy
conditioned/programmed to be greedy

well you must have tried reducing greed lust aversion in yourself quite a bit i think
not easy is it?  takes a long time too   also must have wanted to make the change

they cant be bothered to make extraordinary effort to not attatch to their desires

[b0rg13]

The amazing thing is that this is all voluntary, and fixing it is too.

There is nothing stopping us from opening a school, or providing affordable water (bottled or piped in neighborhoods).

There is nothing that is currently screwed up by governments and businesses that can not be done right and is by some, the only thing needed is to do it all together.

Basically to unify and promote all the good options, make the good options affordable.
Not to let money be a road block to the many wonderful things currently hidden.

So don't blame 'them', it is increasingly apparent what is going on and it is our choice to accept the current system which everyone by now knows is corrupt and broken and not up to the challenges the world presents   (because the current system engineered them in the first place).
Or to create an alternative.

i totally agree with this %100, we give them the power to dick us over, we can take it away as well.

[jikwan]

b13
i admire your optomism

best of british luck to you!