*~*Life*~*

Coming from a different country, I have been exposed to different kinds of government; communism, socialism, and capitalism.  I cannot say that one is completely better than the rest.  There are fractions of ideas that can be taken from each one that are in some way positive.  We talked about Marxism today, and  I do have to say that I agree with the fact that not everyone is going to succeed even if they try their best.  I know people that try so hard to get amazing jobs, but there are other factors that play into the situation that prevents them from achieving those goals.  Some factors could be that the company is biased toward a sex, someone could simply have more experience than you, someone has better connections and know the bosses of the company, etc.  I do not think people should become lazy and give up on life, but to simply learn to live to be happy with life.  I know too many materialistic people that only want to live to be rich, and do not care about anything else.  Personally, I follow the Aristotelian way of life:  "Essentially, Aristotle argues that virtue is achieved by maintaining the Mean, which is the balance between two excesses" (teaching happiness, 2012).  This is too deep of a topic, but essentially each person has his or her own happiness that they strive for (unfortunately, some people find happiness in murder).  If we compare this to the movie with Will Smith, "Pursuit of Happyness", it still shows how this man was essentially happy because he became a CEO.  This is a wonderful story, don't get me wrong, but who is to say he would not have been happy if he simply worked for the company instead of being a CEO?  One does not need to be extremely wealthy in order to live a happy life.  In my mind, health rises above everything else;  what good is your billion dollars if you are a severe drug addict?  Love is also very important;  what good is that $50,000 diamond wedding ring if your relationship is superficial and meaningless?