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> Wealth Inequality - The gap is widening In the US, yes. Globally, no. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/upshot/income-inequality-i...
That just makes us even more embarrassing.
Tell that to the 7000 Yezidian women in ISIS captivity marked with a price tag, paraded through Raqqa then gang-raped, tortured and starved. Forced to strangle themselves to death using scarves to get out. Or the Female PKK/YPG soldiers defending their families being captured alive by Swedish Arabs and Somalians islamic rapists. For them the world is falling apart. I guess since we can't blame Israel for this it's no…
Tell that to the 7000 Yezidian women in ISIS captivity marked with a price tag, paraded through Raqqa then gang-raped, tortured and starved. Forced to strangle themselves to death using scarves to get out. Or the Female PKK/YPG soldiers defending their families being captured alive by Swedish Arabs and Somalians islamic rapists. For them the world is falling apart. I guess since we can't blame Israel for this it's no…
talk about missing the point. You can acknowledge that violence is on the decline while also wanting it to continue to decline. The danger in ignoring the decline is that resources will be disproportionately redirected to solving problems that aren't of any real concern (terrorism, war on drugs, etc) instead of the problems that are actually in need of solving.
Please, tell me what resources have we spent on saving these 7000 women (probably more) used as sex-slaves by these islamists?
I guess they are not a real concern because they're not as bad as "sexism" in video games or the "racism" in using native American outfits for Halloween.
England isn't a country. Constantly referring to it as one, was a distraction from the contents for me.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Wealth Inequality - The gap is widening In the US, yes. Globally, no. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/upshot/income-inequality-i...
That just makes us even more embarrassing.
> England, Canada, and most other industrialized countries... England isn't a country. Constantly referring to it as one, was a distraction from the contents for me.
> England, Canada, and most other industrialized countries... England isn't a country. Constantly referring to it as one, was a distraction from the contents for me.
World is in terrible shape, from climate, to new conflicts emerging, richest people detachment from reality are some that come to mind.
I've always heard that more people died in the 20th century than any other... Not sure if that is true or not. Never did the research.
Great! We're better overall than we were! No reason to rest on our laurels, though. How can we be better than we are now? Here's some areas that aren't doing too well: 1. Climate Change - We're in store for a lot of trouble over the next few decades[1]. How will we manage? 2. Wealth Inequality - The gap is widening[2]. How do we reverse the trend? 3. Gerrymandering/voter suppression - The ones in power are the ones w…
Unless the group think around nuclear power changes climate change doesnt stand a chance in hell.
EDIT: I would be interested hearing from peoples points of view for those who are downvoting.