Government

Why do they do what they do?

Those in power don't want to let anybody choose, that's all it boils down to.
They think they've got all the answers and are blinded to their mistakes because we feel the consequences, and they remain ok. They want to run things, control things, dominate things...whether those things are land and sky or ewe and I (animals and people), they just want to put things how THEY ALONE think it should be.
And we're playing right into it by letting them.
By following THEIR rules. Eating their unhealthy food. Buying their cheaply made products, instead of making everything you can. By supporting the things that oppress us, and accepting demoralising, rude behaviour simply because "we're at work" or it's an "authority figure".
Nah - sorry, but no. It's not alright to be rude. It's not alright to take advantage, cause intentional harm or control the way everything around you lives. My mother taught me that you can't have it all your way, and everybody has to do things they do not like. I taught myself to be nice by realising that nastiness is horrible, and I don't like people being nasty to me - therefore I cannot be it to other people.
It's getting harder, but I'm standing by what I believe in in the same way I always have...can you say the same?