Progress

   The true definition of progress is "advancement towards more [1]good",
   though in the [2]mainstream the term has been twisted to stand for
   falsehoods such as "[3]more complicated technology", "[4]bigger economy"
   and so on. [5]Idiots rarely think, they can't ask a series of two
   questions in a row such as "what will this lead to and is the result what
   we want?", they can [6]only understand extremely simple equalities such as
   "moar buttons in a program = more gooder", hence the language
   degeneration.

   It's crucial to realize that by definition the only true progress that
   matters is just that which gets us closer to our [7]ideal society, i.e.
   progress is only that which makes the life of every individual better as a
   whole and all other kinds of "progress", such as [8]technological,
   [9]scientific, artistic, political and so on only exist SOLELY to serve
   the main progress of well being of individuals. A thousand year leap in
   technological development is worth absolutely nothing if it doesn't serve
   the main goal, it's useless if we can send a car to space, harvest energy
   of a whole star or find the absolute meaning of life if that doesn't serve
   the main goal -- in fact such "progress" is [10]nowadays mostly made so
   that it works AGAINST the main goal, i.e. [11]corporations develop more
   complicated technology to exploit people more and make them more miserable
   -- that is not true progress, it is its exact opposite.

   Here is a comparison of what TRUE progress is and what it isn't:

   what                before          after                        is it     
                                                                    progress? 
   You see food, can   yes             no, you have to pay for it   no, the   
   you just eat it?                                                 opposite  
   Can you draw the                    no, because of               no, the   
   same picture as     yes             [12]copy"right"              opposite  
   someone else?       
   Can you walk around yes             no                           no, the   
   naked?                                                           opposite  
   Can you pee         yes             no                           no, the   
   wherever you want?                                               opposite  
   Do you have to                                                             
   remember ten        no              yes                          no, the   
   different                                                        opposite
   passwords?          
   Can you drink river yes             no, likely has toxic         no, the   
   water?                              chemicals                    opposite  
   Do you have to      no, there are                                no, the   
   check your bank     no banks        yes                          opposite  
   account often?      
   You have to do      yes, e.g. work                                         
   something you hate  on the field    yes, e.g. work on a computer no
   most of the day?    
   What do you do?     manufacture     manufacture (machines that   no        
                       (things)        manufecture things)          
   Are you forced to   yes, with a     yes, with                    no        
   work?               whip            [13]law/tech/consumerism     
   Can your society do yes, build a    yes, fly a toy helicopter on           
   something           pyramid         Mars                         no
   spectacular?        
   You are sick, will  only if you're  only if you're special       no        
   you get treatment?  special (noble) (rich)                       
   Will you get        only if you're  only if you're special       no        
   education?          special (noble) (rich)                       
   What do you kill    sticks          machine guns                 no        
   each other with?    
   Can you do                                                                 
   something you enjoy no              yes                          yes
   most of the day?    
   Can you talk to                                                            
   someone on the      no              yes, thanks to [14]Internet  yes
   other side of       
   Earth?              
   Can you have sex                                                           
   with anyone you     no              yes                          yes
   want?               
   How long will you   not beyond 50   probably above 65            yes       
   likely live?        
   Can you communicate                                                        
   complex ideas to    no (apes)       yes, thanks to [15]language  yes
   others?             
   What do you kill    sticks          nothing                      yes       
   each other with?    

Links:
1. good.md
2. mainstream.md
3. capitalist_technology.md
4. capitalism.md
5. retard.md
6. shortcut_thinking.md
7. less_retarded_society.md
8. tech.md
9. science.md
10. 21st_century.md
11. corporation.md
12. copyright.md
13. law.md
14. internet.md
15. human_language.md