...the slightly "dark-yellow" rule...

A new twist on an old cliche' ?
-well, do unto others before they do unto you...
-im gonna get mine before they get theirs...
-"how many people will i step on, on the way to the top?...as many as i can.
-it's a dog-eat-dog world...

...seems to be the way of modern society.
we've allowed ourselves to be convinced that this is all acceptable behavior. so many people want to "break-up" with their significant other before the other does it to them, quit their job before they get fired, hurry up and take everything they can from everyone else before someone else takes it from them, step on as many people as they can before they get trampled, and be the dog that eats before they get eaten, all because society has told us this is the way it has to be.
why don't we consider the ripple-effect when making decisions anymore?...mostly because we expect to be out of the "wake" of it before it would have any effect on us.
i can remember when it was the popular mindset to consider first how our decisions affect those around us, before we made them, or to see what the "big-picture" would look like as a result. ...oh, to see the forest for the trees, now that's a concept.
instant gratification has become the demise of our culture. we are already becoming a society of lonely, miserable people striving for fame , or "success". bbut what is "success"? it used to be summed up with one ever-encompassing idea: HAPPINESS.
i'm starting to see, that as a whole, people value their success by things i would say merely complicate the process of ever being able to obtain true, pure happiness. it's measured by how many nuts a squirrel has gathered, not by how many squirrels he has to share them with. sad.
"human beings" we are. it sounds like a brand name, or specific make and model.
we are "human" beings. that groups us as a pural number of the same thing. we have that in common, we share that with each other.
even if we choose to ignore the truth that our decions that we make in life, do affect all those around us, life will always have a way of coming full circle. that pond ripple will eventually reach our boat.
there's definately some tarnish on the golden rule.