Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Man Bulldozes Home To Avoid Foreclosure

This is a very nice home on some substantial acreage with an cement pond and a lake. (Second photo on the slide show.) This is a multi-million dollar home in California, New Jersey or New York. And the man had a substantial amount of equity in his home. He just hit an emotional wall and cracked.

What I find most interesting is in a poll of over 30,000 responses, nearly 80% of people supported his decision. There is a substantial rage in this country as one would expect when there is rampant fraud and no government response.

The stress level many people are under in this type of environment can be nearly unbearable. When there is absolutely no compassion or empathy in government's response to fraud, (ie actions to help people) and we have many in society who are hard-hearted to the plight of their fellow man, there is often a perspective that there is no other choice than to internalize it. When those emotions come flooding out, the results often include conflict with themselves (self-destructive behavior for caregiver egos) or conflict with perceived sources (lashing out at others for narcissistic egos) of that pain. The fact that people don't have access to qualified mental health professionals (poor or no health insurance) only makes the situation that much more volatile.

I don't know this guy's exact story but these types of situations are everywhere. It's very sad but it is more than likely going to get much worse.

posted by TimingLogic at 9:38 AM