More than half of the world population is living on less than $2/day.
There is a huge minority of people who have huge sums of money – some of them have billions of dollars – some, probably, more than 100 billion, probably much more than that... And there is an almost majority that, we can say, live comfortably.
If we consider a being of 71 years old with $74 billion of wealth and assets – that would mean that he/she would have made on average $2.855.489/day throughout his/her life. That would mean that he/she is “worth” as much as 1.427.744 people that only make $2/day.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that:
Article 1:
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 3:
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4:
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
It is very clear that these rights have been ignored all along, and no one – or should I say, those with money – really care or do anything about it. And it is these – those with money – that can and must do something because those that are living on less than $2/day are busy surviving.
And don't tell me that these billionaires and millionaires have their own philanthropic projects and charities because these have been created by the corporations and for the corporations and it serves as an amazing excuse for these to keep on exploiting others while one the other hand appear to be some kind of "saints" that are doing "an amazing job" in "saving the less fortunate". Bullshit! If real "love for humanity" - which is what "philanthropy" means - really existed, if it really meant anything to these beings/corporations = these would have already changed the monetary system so that everyone would have WHAT IS REQUIRED TO LIVE. They haven't done so, and greed and love for power still prevail. These are but "snakes" that speak with a "forked tongue".
There is actually a person in this world that is 71 years old which, according to Forbes Magazine, has $74 Billion in wealth and assets. This person is Carlos Slim, the Mexican entrepreneur.
Now I ask: is this one person really “worth” more than one million four hundred and twenty seven thousand seven hundred and forty four individuals? Is he more than all these people in any way which makes it valid for him to have so much power over others? YES!, Power over others because those that work for $2/day are slaves to the system that allows certain individuals to have so much wealth that enables them to do and say anything and everything to justify their position of superiority in the system.
If a plane with 20 people was carrying a nuclear bomb, and the plane was about to crash in a city with 8.358.904 people and the nuclear bomb would go off and kill everyone – no one would hesitate to shoot and take the plane down into the ocean.
These 20 people “would be” the 20 wealthiest people in the world which, according to Forbes magazine, have an accumulated wealth of $610.200.000.000. This amount of money represents the amount that those 8.358.904 earn earn together if they were to work every day for $2/day for a period of 100 years.
This system is fucked up!
DISCLAIMER: I am not in any way promoting violence towards wealthy people – nor anyone for that matter. The way to chance the system is not through violence, and this is exactly my point with this blog post.
As I said, there are those busy “enjoying life” and there are those busy surviving that are working for those that are busy “enjoying life” --- this is an explosive combination.
On one had we have hate being created by those busy surviving and on the other had we have love being created by those busy “enjoying life”.
This is not hard to understand: if you place yourself in the shoes of the “have not’s” – you will see that a lot of hate is being generated.
If you place yourself in the shoes of those who have, – which is probably you! – you will see that there is a lot of “happiness and love and peace” being generated. You will see that there is a want/desire to “win/succeed” --- within it you will go out and have a few drinks with your friends, go to the movies, go on holidays, buy some “nice stuff” that you do not in fact require to sustain your physicality, make a tattoo, go to a music festival, go to some parties, take some drugs... you will do all this stuff because you are not in fact fighting to survive, you are not working hand to mouth... those with the have not’s are producing the products that you buy and bin a year later.
Eventually these polarities will meet and things will not be pleasant... it is a destructive mixture.
Will we go back to the dark ages and fighting again with “sticks and stones” like Einstein “predicted”?
People, LISTEN! This is an urgent matter! More than climate change, we are our worst nightmare --- and this nightmare is being fed by this capitalistic system!
Your EGO is standing in the way for you to realize this --- because you still want to win, you still want to succeed and “be the best”...
Your RELIGION is standing in the way for you to realize this --- because you still belief that what is important is what happens after you die...
Do not allow “your god” or your “greed” to blind you from what is obvious! It is about time we wake up to the fact that we are creating our own destruction. And if we do not stop this soon, when we realize that we have “fucked up”, it will be too late to do anything because “the train is already going off the rails before the crash”.
I see the train is going to derail soon – But I also see that we can stop if from derailing. But since we are all in the same train together, we must agree that this train must be stopped.
How long before the actual disaster to take place? Not very long – surely during my lifetime, probably sooner than later. There is no way to sort out the debt that we got ourselves into – in other words, no matter how many bailouts are approved, we will never save this capitalistic system. We must start from fresh, and within it make sure that everyone has what is required to LIVE! We must stop this fight for survival and stand together as equals! We must value ALL LIFE EQUALY!
Please investigate the solution:
Self Forgiveness, Freedom and EMS
www.EQUALMONEY.org
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