Finis Origine Pendet

As the old year draws to a close, as people start to celebrate(for what I have no idea), I start to think(I hate it when it happens).

Why the heck do people celebrate New Year? It's just another day. There is no significance. And there are enough people out there suffering, not because of their doing, but because of our selfishness, our addiction to energy, that changes climate patterns, and bringing famine and droughts to some places, floods and earthquakes to others, that we should rethink all these meaningless celebrations.

We look at Palestine, especially those in the Gaza Strip. The people there are being punished for choosing a leader not endorsed by Israel, and as a result, is undergoing a siege funded by the United States of America, and enforced by the Egyptians and the Israelis. They have not enough food to fill their stomachs each day, and yet we have a sudden rise in food wastage during this 'festive' season.

What is so festive about 1.5 million people, imprisoned in their own country for not bending to the will of a foreign nation, and not even have access to clean water?

What is so festive about the millions of impoverished people across Africa, affected by the famines brought about because of the world leaders' refusal to cut down on their high energy/capital consumption?

And yet today, around the world, billions of people will be celebrating the New Year, spending billions of dollars and contributing to the already bulging pockets of the corporate fat cats and the bankers.

Have we become so morally corrupted that we can continue celebrating, even while knowing that millions of people are living a life worse than death?

Have we become so stupid to not realise that this is the very trap the corporates set for us, for us to continue lining their pockets?

If you can continue enjoying, well then, happy new year to you.