I know the media likes to paint a bleak picture of the world cause that is what drives clicks to their sites and keeps their ad businesses rolling, but ...
Doesn't it feel like the world has constantly been in this constant state of extreme suffering and extreme joy both co-existing in the modern era of humanity?
For all the talk of progress a country may paint, they are either engaging in oppressive tactics locally or abroad.
This seems to apply to a vast majority of countries throughout the world.
I don't like to blame an ideology for humanities woes, because it is just that: an ideology.
It does however seem that this unfettered capitalism has churned a greed so strong that those in power will do anything to keep their money-machines rolling.
Eg.
- Oil spills that indefinitely damage ocean-life for decades,centuries ...
- Women and Child-trafficking to keep the prostitution industry going
- Drug-smuggling, human-smuggling and all other types of smuggling to keep those industries going
It almost feels like it never got worse, it just got more exposure and that its always been there, in the dark corners where we are scared to look, because we'd much rather shelter our lives with a quasi-happiness that ignores such an extreme-suffering of our fellow man/woman/child.
The media paints a black picture because that sells clicks, but in fact, the world is now a much better place than it has ever been. Despite population growth, fewer and fewer people live in extreme poverty. More and more children have access to education. Child mortality is down. More people have access to clean water. And, outside that report, wars kill fewer people than before.
I don't think capitalism is "unfettered", but the access to global market economy has been a factor in bringing this development throughout the world, particularly in China and India, which used to have huge numbers of extremely poor people.
Doesn't it feel like the world has constantly been in this constant state of extreme suffering and extreme joy both co-existing in the modern era of humanity?
For all the talk of progress a country may paint, they are either engaging in oppressive tactics locally or abroad.
This seems to apply to a vast majority of countries throughout the world.
I don't like to blame an ideology for humanities woes, because it is just that: an ideology.
It does however seem that this unfettered capitalism has churned a greed so strong that those in power will do anything to keep their money-machines rolling.
Eg.
- Oil spills that indefinitely damage ocean-life for decades,centuries ...
- Women and Child-trafficking to keep the prostitution industry going
- Drug-smuggling, human-smuggling and all other types of smuggling to keep those industries going
It almost feels like it never got worse, it just got more exposure and that its always been there, in the dark corners where we are scared to look, because we'd much rather shelter our lives with a quasi-happiness that ignores such an extreme-suffering of our fellow man/woman/child.
I blame us all, starting with myself.