What level do you want to think at?
All times are momentous. These times are, too.
Here in our Western world, we are suffering from a recession that affects so many of our fellow citizens. No amount of smooth talking will keep families warm and fed. And the winter is coming on. And most government’s abilities to pay those that need help is also going down through reduced revenues.
And then there is a dead beat factor. Some Western people are poor and cold and hungry because they are lazy, and have become dependent on their governments help, i.e., tax payer money. And those that are poor and cold and hungry because of circumstances do deserve our help, and there are many ways this is happening, mostly at the local level, and with some tough love thrown in. In other words, things are already happening to help our truly poor. Good on these folks!
Having lived in the third world, there are many really poor people, too. And they are truly poor, not American poor. And they too get cold and hungry, and suffer from their rulers, all too often. And they too have their own way to react, and also have their own pride and family motivations and circumstances. And their rulers also react in their own way, often tribal, and even up to a national royalty type of way, like a King of Afghanistan. The old joke about herding cats comes to mind. Kings have to try herding tribal leaders, as an example.
Now many believe the stats that our Western birth rates are coming into a kind of replacement rate, kinda like slowing down. Many also predict and believe that the birth rates in the third world are about the same, which is high, and these future humans will want all the advantages, mostly energy consumption, that others also have. They love their families, too.
So back home to our USA. Are we a “new world” of humans in America, or a future pattern of some leader’s ideas of a commune that will benefit all? And of course how they can finance their ideas? The commune idea is as old as the hills. What a waste.
In the end it is the human factor. You go figure. Most of us love our families and will do anything to help them.
This post is disjointed on purpose. What level do you think at?