Our survival is a miracle. I watch alot of astronomy documentaries and the conditions that were needed for us to evolve are difficult to fathom.

What is sad is that the most likely end of our demise will be from either our own hands (nuclear/Bio war) or from a natural event (Global warming, Meteorite etc) that we might of been able to prevent in some form with our technological advances. We have no long term global defense policy. You need only look at all the individual pharmaceutical companies working independently for a cure to COVID trying to make a profit.

If we all actually worked in tandem this virus might be beaten much quicker, but instead monetary gain is the motivation. Some of our basest instincts will be our undoing as they often are.

That is a very good point. I suppose I was trying to be less politically opinionated but I cant hide my distaste for this flawed system.

Maybe Capitalism is a corrupted ideal, as there is a finite amount of resources and it only redistributes these resources in a disjointed fashion. I have discussed it being comparable with the feudal system. Once you get to a certain point in the Capitalist pyramid, you are effectively mostly above the law and beholden to nobody.

I definitely feel man is underachieving, this is part my sentiments. We allow petty squabbly, warped political ideals, greed and fear be some of our biggest drivers.

Brexit and Trump in USA are prime examples of what can happen when people feel helpless and without options. They lack the capacity to communicate and the other side lacks the capacity to listen and so the disenfranchised burn everything down with no idea where it will end.

It is interesting when you watch disaster movies and it always takes aliens to unite the world. Indeed, I saw a similar thing happen with pet rabbits. They used to fight all the time, until we got a pet dog, they quickly became best of friends. You would of thought that COVID might help Unit the world, even for the briefest of times but instead we have an even more divided world. In times of crisis you know who your friends are and even allies in the EU saw how quickly each country reverted to self serving measures. (Eg Germany not allowing medical supplies go to Switzerland).

I think its so sad that we are capable of so much and achieve so little of this potential

I am thinking partially from the context of when people say "religion is bad" or "Capitalism is bad" or "politics is all corrupt". They are not bad, but they are corrupted by people in the name of these systems/ideals. Individuals are what corrupts these things, not necessarily the ideology.

In saying that, I saw one topic on communism and while it might of failed, I think it has a better concept at its core (the greater good of everybody over the individual), then capitalism which is basically the incentive to get as much stuff as you can at the expense of others.

It is not that we cant make progress, its that we spoil everything good we invent. Better health, we take it for granted, over eat/drink/drugs. Better travelling opportunities, we over use it to poison our world. Better medications, we take more risks with our health (see COVID19 issues even with masks). Better education, the cost of it goes up restricting access. Better technology, we get lazy and addicted to screens.

I could go on, but the intrinsic flaws in man and the individual will mean that we will eventually corrupt everything. We haven't even traveled much outside our planet and there is rubbish surrounding us, with Elon Musk about to launch satellite's that may make star gazing eventually impossible.

In terms of the word corruption, I suppose I was thinking of it in the sense that there are people who misuse or warp the systems (religion, politics, financial systems etc) to bend to their will. Perhaps I have a naieve understanding of these concepts, but I was under the impression the basic principles behind these subjects was allowing us as a species to co exist in a more organized manner, in such a chaotic environment. If everybody corrupted these subjects, they would cease to have a meaningful purpose.