Being an absurdist and someone who likes to think they have their mind open to the world, I still have some issues with societies perceptions of value. Three underlying causes being: Lobbyists, Money, and Religion. Being in such a polarized, political environment, there is no doubt lobbyists have played a part in creating such a hot, political climate, along-side the media.

Money has played a great role in determining the future of America in regards to lobbyist influence, often using it to sway politicians one way or another. Standard Oil, owned and operated by John D. Rockefeller between 1870 and 1911 was broken up into 43 separate entities, all of which share the same agenda being from the same predecessor; to sell metric tons of petroleum products while lobbyists pushed for their products with bribes and persuasion. Money is paramount, yet cannot be stripped of its influence, but ain’t I absurd?

Liberal society has paved the way for human constructs such as coin, paper, and electronic money to run rampant. Once backed by a mineral with assigned value, the USD rules not only the world economy, but the world entirely. Humans within modern society being ruled by paper; Capitalists making the big bucks while the working man is subject to pennies on the dollar, but ain’t I absurd?

Some say that money is their God, others may say YHWH, Allah, or God is theirs. Some say that one is more ethically just than another. If religions represent the same altruism, how can one posit such an idea of ethical superiority while ethics, and morals, are equivocal. But with such pellucidity, ain’t I absurd?