Do I exist or Do I need to exist?

1. If the author thinks that we need to change how we think, does that make his self needs more important than that of society's needs?
2.Does culture/ society affect one's true inner self?
3. Will the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many ( will the needs of poor people be dominated by the rich )?

Honestly I can't write just about one since this is such a juicy topic. First This might be the first article I have read in this class that got me actually excited. Now to attempt to answer the second one first; does culture/ society affect one's inner self? I'm going to say no. Yes they do really make a person who they are but not what they are. People are animals with animal instincts. No matter what we think about our selves or what other people think, we will do what we need to do to survive. People can go around this and have gone around this but Why have they gone around it? that's the real question, is the true inner self, the primal man being altered by society even existing? Are people's instincts being bred out and becoming civilized through long exposure to society? All I know is that when it comes down to it people are willing to let them selves die for their kids, families, and or anyone "connected to their survival. I don't care what this guy is saying since I believe that any society pushed far enough will revert back to our "original " selves, or true inner selves.

Next Will the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many? I'm going to say yes. People are selfish and despite all this talk on people needing to conserve our resources, or saving mother earth were going to fail. We as a society have changed from back when men chosen by a god, ruled over all of us and now we are free thinking people who only think about our selves. Now everyone is vying for power and we don't care who we have to step on to get ahead. This thinking (and it's not just in the western world) will destroy us and  the world. And who cares? Well that's someones problem in the future. Who cares if I destroy the world in the process, its all about me. Power will corrupt and as we have seen the rich have a lot of power. So will the needs of the poor get ahead of the rich? No simply because their "self" worth has more strength behind it and that will change the "needs" of the poor. and done with this subject.

Lastly to answer the first question, I just love that this guy talked about "Self" and kept referring to himself or how it made him feel. Does he think he has all the answers? Or how about his "needs"  compared to others? I think he should have addressed his own self image in this paper, and that's all.