Very interesting thought process. I have another one for you to mull over. What if you choose to be born into the life you have? That it was not random, but a choosen life, by you, that your spirit knew you could handle and grow and thrive from if you let it. That
If you just learn to live by faith and know & BELEIVE everything will be taken care of it will be. The universe loves us and will provide for you. It is the frequency we tune into that throws things off. So the task to learn is how to align yourself with the higher frequency that will allow us to shine, thrive and be contentedly happy no matter who you are. Think of the indigenous people who do not know much of "civilized" society. We consider them poor, but they do not see themselves that way. It is in the mainstream society that we are all being plugged into that's is screaming MONEY, MONEY MONEY!!! IS ALL THAT MATTERS at us. But it only matters to that small percentage and the majority can make a louder message if we learn to tune into the frequency of love, happiness, equality, generousity, sharing & caring and most importantly FAITH. Thanks for the post and welcome to steemit. Come on over @monkimo and meet us here ⬇️
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Beautiful family, @monkimo!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I dig your thought experiment. On a practical level, I think it is absolutely needed in this time. Each one of us is needed, and we each need to embrace a story that honors one's uniqueness and special gifts, and helps one feel called to live in service to others .
On the other hand, I think that the story "the universe loves us and will provide for you" is a very privileged story to be able to hold. I'm glad that you have this outlook, and that your family benefits from it. And I think you're lucky... I wish all people had that.
Where I think this story can be dangerous is that it has the potential to be used in a manipulative way, or to minimize or invalidate the very real inequalities that exist in our world...
I mean, even in our seemingly very affluent country, 1 in 6 children worry about their next meal. For those born into the roughest of situations, unsafe places, and/or without access to sustenance, and/or without access to positive role models, it seems they will have to get very lucky to come to a place where they can embrace this story.
That's why I think the thought experiment of the original position and justice as fairness are so important. Because it is how much of a chance for health and happiness that these folks, the least privileged, have, that turns out to be the measure of a society's success in providing social justice.
Your point that measuring "wealth" or happiness by money is way inadequate is well-taken. There are so many other measures of a happy life, you don't necessarily need to have money to have good food, good company, good life, and measuring by "wealth" definitely misses this. If we could collectively utilize a better way to measure "wealth," or "who is worst-off," maybe we'd make some real traction in this very important issue, and maybe we'd be better at building long-term solutions for providing the best lives for absolutely everyone.
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Oh wowed! First time someone's done that on my comment. Thanks man!