Do you think we owe a debt to society?

Question

I think we should be aware of what other people do for us: People who make our clothes, grow our food, build our homes, make our cars, build our roads, etc. Everything we use and have is created for us by someone. Does anyone ever think of that? We take allot for granted, don't you think? I am grateful for what I have but on a deeper level. What would happen if there were no vehicles like trucks to haul goods to shops, restaurants, super markets, malls, etc. What would happen if there were no farmers to grow food? I know we pay money for these things but, do you ever look at these things on a deeper level?

Answer 1

I believe the only "debt" we might owe is to be good and follow the "Golden Rule." The things you mentioned are the result of supply and demand. As long as we continue to pay for goods and services they will be provided. But suppose the whole infrastructure of society did collapse, as has occurred repeatedly in the third world. Would you be able to cope. Do you think you could adapt to such a drastically changed world? Now, that's thinking on a deeper level.

I am glad you are appreciative of what you have and are aware of the great system in place that provides you with all of your wants and needs. You are probably a sweet and sensitive young lady. I hope you have a happy and full life.

Answer 2

I was hurt in accident. and couldn't work for about a year. then I said I guess I can paint an address number on a curb, with my back .hurting like heck I did Begin to do that.but even when I got better.I kept painting the address numbers.because I had heard so many story's about how the ambulance driver missed there home at night.I have counted.and 132 people have told me in 18 years that there loved one.died AFTER they saw the ambulance drive by there home.at night.
Also i had researched and figured out that proper diet cures osteoarthritis.so I bring it up and tell people quickly at there door. to eat right.so I just kept painting numbers. in 18 years I have done about 90.000 of them and told about a quarter million people the cure for o.a. In 1999 in the Greenville S.C. news paper, there was an article about the ambulance service. that said that because the response time of ambulances is so quick now in the County that theres over a hundred lives saved every year.and I have painted these numbers all over the upstate.in 6 other county's. so my numbers have saved more lives's then were lost on 911.in N.Y.C.and I have had many people who see me later after I tell them the cure for O.A. at there door. that there arthritis is cured. no pain. . and I feel very good about it.But no matter what job we do. it contributes to the better whole of society.I encourage everyone to make sure they have an address number that people can see from the street at night.and to only eat whole natural foods. not processed foods..and remember that God loves you.

Answer 3

I don't think what you are talking about is a debt to society. Do you think the people that do all these things for us would continue to do so if they didn't get paid?? There is no "deeper level" to look at.
You do the work, you get paid. You don't do the work, you don't get paid. The people that do the work don't really care about you and if you receive the product they worked on.
If we were living in the 1800s you could owe the horses that hauled the food, instead of the trucks?

Fine, I don't get it................

Answer 4

1truthseeker, yes, we owe a great debt to every being involved in our sustenance. This applies not only to the humans who grow and produce the food we eat, but to those who build and maintain our homes, offices, and factories, employ us, gave birth to us and raised us, and are kind to us in so many ways every day! We are also indebted to the animals and plants who give their lives so we may eat. Too many people take these things for granted, and don't appreciate them until they are taken away!

Answer 5

Our debt to society is to enable the children of this generation to become successful as leaders of our country. It is them who will inherit the good and the bed. Their lives will be shaped by the decisions we make. It isn't society who motivates companies to produce but the principals of supply and demand and the almighty greenback. We can show respect for those who toil in those industries by tipping when appropriate and buying items that are made in our own countries instead of imports which will solidify the need for companies to employ those in our own country w/o outsourcing. In this way we owe our debt to society as well as going to jail for any crimes we are found guilty of.

Answer 6

Yes, we owe a debt to society. When each one of us was born, someone cut the umbilical cord, slapped our little fanny, swabbed out our little mouth and nose and made sure we stayed alive.

It's give and take from there on up.

Answer 7

I think we should be very grateful to you or asking this important question, and I'm grateful as well. We all owe each other so much.

Answer 8

Does the farmer feel grateful to the cows whose manure he uses to fertilize his crops?

Answer 9

If we had no one to do it for us...we would just have to do it ourselves. All that you have mentioned are called "modern conveniences." They are termed modern because it was not always this way. Just as far back as 1920 not all folks had cars or access to supermarkets.

Answer 10

Often times I've stayed up at night, pondering this very issue... and through many an internal debate, I've stumbled across the answer.

We're attached to technology and we'll all die from it.