Just simply driving down the highway is an excellent representation of life. Everything that is on the highway coincides with life.
As I was driving down the highway the other day, I noticed how everyone on the road seemed to be a representation of how society operates. There are people that are driving too slow that are in everyone’s way and have no clue as to what is going on around them. There are people that break the law and ride your bumper and can careless that they are not only wasting gas, but they are also prematurely wearing out the engines of their vehicles. Both types of drivers make conditions dangerous for everyone else on the road.
There are people driving vehicles that they just do not need such as large trucks and SUVs. They do not haul anything with them nor do they drive off-road. I see plenty of women driving SUVs because they want to portray a certain image. They want to be an “SUV wife”. They can careless that they are adding to the energy demands of the nation.
Then you have people such as myself, that drive a perfect 5 mph over the speed limit and have a car that gets decent gas mileage. A car that suits my needs. I’m never in anyone’s way and I only change lanes when there is an open spot.
I see a lot of other people that “ask to change lanes”. Meaning, they will go to a spot on the highway where other cars already reside in a particular lane, and then they will turn their signal on and “ask” for someone to give them a spot. These types of drivers could very easily either speed up or slow down to go to an open spot as not to inconvenience anyone, but no, they would rather inconvenience people and “ask” to move over into another lane. These types of people have disregard for other people and do not care to inconvenience someone as long as they are getting what they need for themselves. These types usually make their problems visible to everyone else. They will go around and tell everyone if there is ever a problem and let everyone know about everything. Basically, if there is ever a problem or if they are ever in need of anything, they will lose their dignity over it. They want other people to make room for them in the road of life rather than gaining some pride and finding their own space. But then again, these types do not have the ability to develop a sense of pride.
The people that break the law and drive too fast are the people that represent the individuals who do whatever the heck they want in the moment without thinking about future consequences. These are people that will take out enormous interest-only mortgages on homes only to go into foreclosure a few years later contributing to the devaluation of the dollar. They will run up credit debt like there is no tomorrow. Everything is instant gratification for them and they can careless if they are endagering your life. They are destroying their car by driving it 80 mph down the highway. They basically will sacrifice anything at all cost to get what they want no matter what it could possibly do to other people. A lot of these people get away with it most of their lives and always seem to come out smelling like a rose, but eventually they will skip a beat. And when that happens, it’s all over with for them.
The people that drive too slow and are in everyone’s way are the people that do not need to be on the highway. You are always having to go around them. They represent the individuals that provide nothing but a drain on society. In a nutshell, they are in society’s way. They are in the economy’s way. They just will not move along with the mainstream of society. They live on your social welfare system. Your tax dollars support them. Your tax dollars even pay for their vehicles, their newly built section 8 apartment, the flat screen TV they have, and the cabinets full of cheap high fructose corn syrup food items they eat while watching Oprah.
Then you get your people that seem to ride in your blind spot or on your bumper no matter the speed you are going. If you speed up, then so do they. If you slow down, then so do they. These people represent the people that do what everyone else does. They have no minds of their own. They march to the beat of whatever drum is provided to them without questioning anything. These are excellent people to market to. They will buy any product just as long as other people are buying it. They will dress, act, talk, do, vote, or listen to whatever they see everyone else doing. They are mindless followers.
Then you get those people that drive a perfect 5 mph over the speed limit and cause no hassles on the road. In short, it’s too bad everyone cannot be like this. Society would be so utopian if it were. America would be a greater superpower than it ever was instead of being the decline that it is in. Insurance rates would be lower. Healthcare rates would be lower. Gas prices would be lower. And there would be more jobs available. How come? Because these people just simply do what is right. They aren’t the major contributors to car accidents which nationwide will contribute to higher insurance rates. They don’t over-consume gas. So prices would of course be lower. They don’t buy things that they just simply do not need. Because nationwide, the greater the debt of the people, the greater the devaluation is of the that nation’s currency. International investors pull out of the market and less jobs become available. Retirement accounts also stop growing. These people have mind’s of their own and can see the big picture. They know who to vote for when it come’s to the country’s leadership. They know what to do that is always in the best interest of themselves and everyone else around them.
So if you find yourself wondering what the heck ever happened to the great country we once had, just take a look around on the highway of life next time. You can thank all the mindless GPI’s that drive the same way they live their lives.