Society & bladiblah .

Although we all consider ourselves living in an open society full of gender equality and emancipation, it is inevitable to say that in this world, we'll always be held captive, imprisoned and chained - unless you live alone, isolated and secluded on a far, far away island distanced from society.

If you look around, you'll notice what I mean.

Daily life is based on a very intricate system which sustains itself as every group of person (commune, community) fulfills the task he has been assigned to. Just like the principles of wildlife and ecosystems, we human beings are part of a (based on ecology's "food web") "social web" which exists apart from the food web we already belong to (autotrophs -> primary consumers -> secondary consumers -> tertiary consumers -> ... ).
Taking this into consideration, it can be assumed that this "social web" merely manages itself if every group of person continues the task that is expected from it. So what does this really mean?

If you ask me, I'd say that because of that, we are the victims and captives of our own selves - not only of our own beings and minds, but of our own lifestyle. Through the further development of technology and further "improvements" that facilitate our way of living, we have locked ourselves up in a cage whose key has been thrown away and may never be found. We are bound to each other, expecting others to fulfill his "job" to be able to do ours - and to be able to survive. We have become co-dependent, although we claim to be emancipated and self-sufficient - imprisoned in this cycle which impedes us from truly breaking free.
 In a sense, we are like animals (heck, we are animals) with our own "species" and our own "populations" which complement each other to form a whole.

Is this what truly defines us? Are we really individuals who strive for our own goals and own aims, keeping business to ourselves as we tread on? Or are we just part of a collective group which contributes to the whole system for it to work? What defines every single one of us? What defines an individual? And if this is the case, why does racism still exist?

Renee.

(P.S. I'm sorry for the waffling - I still have to work on my ability in sorting out thoughts and writing them down.)