We have all been caught in a delusion, wandering for a long long time.
Charon sounds, supply increases tenfolds, quality it demands. Such is then arises the need for great people, many in fact, to carry out these tasks and perform them with maximum efficiency, to adhere to mankind's infinite wants and desires.
To discover these talents, to answer for who is best for what, society has created a system, a ritual, you may say. It has since been coined: "Competition"
This word has been clothed in lavishness, decorated with veils to shroud its vile interior. Why vile, you ask? My reason is simple. It picks out a singularity; displays the limelight on the best and only the best, ignoring the countless who have tried, failed, and vanished in the midst of the array shone to the best. It is a breeding ground for contempt, envy, and inflation of egos. Human we inevitably are, and therefore it is impossible to escape from the very least of those temptations.
The primarily excuse for its exsistance is to foster "good sportsmanship", but we, who are constantly trying to be the best in whatever we do, occasionally will get irked upon the knowledge that we will never be the best, and we lie to ourselves, saying that working hard will get us to where we want, but in reality, there are many others who do the same, and but only a handful will make the cut. In an essence, competitions are opportunities with two end results; fufilment and disappointment. It is a pity that the latter exists and also very prominently as such.
As the saying goes, "you win some, you lose some". However, in many cases I find, it is "you win a little, you lose alot". It is bad for the soul, and there is little wonder why so many people are constantly in a bad mood. They are tired of their efforts overshadowed by the antics of the best, and their recognition is not given due. They have given up.
Humans, we are so filled with grumpton and wanton that our win is our gain and their loss is well, tough luck to them. I guess, the problem lies with our desires and it alone, where competition is the feeding spoon of our opportunity.
I call not for a demolition of socialist competitiveness, but a reflection of its nature. I do not want people to linger in disappointment thinking that it is due to their inability or incompetence.
Truth must be told.