How much time, effort, money and lost human life and
potential go into fighting wars, fighting terrorism, fighting sectarian
violence, security of all kinds, and building and selling armaments?
How much money and time goes into accumulating and
protecting excess material wealth? Into lobbying, corruption and manipulation
of the law to protect this wealth?
From the beginning of written history, it’s been the power
of the few ignoring the needs of the many, the accumulation of personal power
and wealth at the expense of the many. Is
this fundamental to human nature?
Universal equity will never be achieved, but right now we
are just homo sapiens still figuring out how to be human beings. The goal of a
comfortable and secure life for all would be a signal that we truly desire to
be full human beings.
Changing this goal from pie-in-the-sky to an essential
effort backed by money and will may seem far away, but at every turn the world
is crying for it.
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