Of Justice and crisis

It's not fair... I hear it so often...

It's not fair that he/she is not what you expected from him/her. Its not fair that he/she does not give you what you ask for without having to ask for it. Its not fair that you don't get all you wish for. Its not fair that the grass is always greener at the other side of the fence. Its not fair to push away someone just because he/she gave you what you needed.

It's not fair that it isn't fair.

What if everything was fair for everybody?

Nobody would ever win a match at any sport, ever.
Couples would not be couples at all, but networks of relationships but no-one would feel betrayed because we would all know it and we would all be doing the same.
We would all earn the same wages and everything we bought would cost the same no matter where you bought it or what make it was.

In movies, the good guys would always win because there would be no baddies! But they would also have nothing to win, either...

The world is not fair. Life is not fair. Justice is impossible when it depends on a point of view. That is why "justice is blind", but that blindness makes justice unjust. That is, assuming any justice is made at all!

And speaking of justice, is it fair that, with the justification (pun intended) of this crisis, the contributor's hard earned money is "given away" to banks? I got a Powerpoint this morning with a series of calculations and numbers which I will not reproduce here since I cannot verify them (Editted: as I thought, the numbers aren't quite as simple as real money being transferred but rather economical arrangements).

What I will mention is the "news piece" I heard this morning on how consumption has decreased an important and worrying percentage because of the crisis, which will only increase crisis. Let us analyze a little.

In Spain, for the last two years they've been critisizing on one side, defending on the other, but basically making plenty of noise about this crisis. Our dear John Doe, who knows little or none at all about national, european or world-wide economy only knows hard times are ahead. What is the normal reaction? One would think it's normal to remove unnecessary expenditures so when the crisis hits home we are at least half prepared, right?

Let's analize a little further...

Before this crisis, the problem was the ever-growing inflation, mainly due to the ever increasing price of homes... but everything has also risen since we got the euro. But right up to the crisis, consumption didn't descend. That means there was more consumption than was normal. But that also needed to stabilize!

You only have to take a walk up any High Street (or, in deed, any mall) to see that CONSUMISM hasn't stopped at all, but our dear John, terrified by the screams of "Crisis! Crisis!!!" has actually begun looking at price-tags.

So why are they surprised at the descent in consumism? Wasn't it what thet were expecting? Isn't it fair?

A little coherence would be welcome.