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Global Economy and the True Cost of Humanity

Posted by SolReka • 7/16/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: global economy, humanity

Thought you guys might find this post I've just written of interest.

Dollar sign Here are some interesting facts which show how farcical the global economy really is and how much real impact and control the few have over the many.

Did you know...

- That more than 1.2 billion people in the world live on less that $1 a day. More than 50% of them are children. Nearly 1 billion cannot meet their basic consumption requirements.

- The 3 RICHEST PEOPLE in the world own assets that exceed the combined gross national product of ALL the LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES and their 600 million people.

More interesting facts...

Here are some more figures which sum up the world in which we really live. The following figures are for one year only.

- Basic education for all would cost $6 BILLION
- Installation of water and sanitation for all would cost $9 BILLION
- Reproductive health services for all women would cost $12 BILLION
- Basic health care and nutrition would cost $13 BILLION

That’s $40 Billion in total to right the world’s wrongs. Now for how we actually spend our money.

- $8 BILLION is spent annually for cosmetics in the United States alone
- $11 BILLION is spent annually on ice cream in Europe
- $12 BILLION a year is spent on perfumes in Europe and the U.S
- $17 BILLION a year is spent on pet food in Europe and the U.S
- $35 BILLION is spent on business entertainment in Japan
- $50 BILLION on cigarettes in Europe
- $105 BILLION on alcoholic drinks in Europe
- $400 BILLION on narcotic drugs around the world

And finally, in ONE year alone $780 BILLION is spent on firearms and munitions (explosives).

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User Comments

7/16/08

Jeunelle

Interesting Topic and we still can't get a solid answer to the world problems.
Too many people not enough resources.
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/can-culture-survive-in-a-global-society

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1. 7/16/08
  
  MadameX
  
  I think there are plenty of resources. We're just not good sharers.
2. 7/16/08
  
  Jeunelle
  
  MadameX...That is an excellent point. We are not good sharers.
  We do act like children that need a good spanking.
7/16/08

SolReka

Jeunelle, your post was interesting. We certainly are moving towards a mono-culture. One which the New World Order are preparing us for by implementing draconian laws; carbon taxes, speed cameras, petrol hikes, cctv, etc etc

Check out this excellent video of how we must protect our liberties and freedom
tinyurl.com/64lom5

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1. 7/16/08
  
  Jeunelle
  
  Thank you SolReka...Yes I realize many people may have a different view about Globalization and the global economy but I was just trying to focus on the basic fears the indigenous tribes may have while trying to survive in a global economy.
  
  They will do what they have to if they want to survive
  but it is still a very scary situation for them and that's what I wanted to focus on.
7/16/08

SolReka

MadameX
You are spot on, the simple reason for this. Human beings are in fact very stupid, dumb and selfish creatures compared to the rest of the animal kindgom.

Chrickey, chimps are more intelligent than us
Here is the proof
youtube.com/watch?v=D3nr5uSJRuM

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1. 7/16/08
  
  MadameX
  
  Well, I'm not sure I'd say stupid--I think that many are exactly where they want to be. But there is another issue in play here, and that is that there is a lot more involved than just coughing up the money and most people don't know the first thing about how to do it. For instance, you may have put a dollar figure on providing basic education to all the world's children, and that figure might include teachers and books and materials and maybe even locations where new structures would be required...but does it take account of the vital role children in many undeveloped countries are playing in the survival of their families and what additional cost will be associated with the loss of their labor? If we don't simultaneously find a way to fill that gap, we'll be educating children and then sending them home after school to starve. That's just one example of the complex web of interrelated issues that make it never quite so simple as it seems when we throw out numbers like that.
  
  (PS: Your graphic reminds me of John Galt's logo. That's kind of ironic.)
7/16/08

SolReka

@Juenelle
'A very scary situation for them', what about us?, come 2012 we'll ALL be in the same boat. Every man for themselves. Indigenous tribes will be one step ahead of us, and most likely survive the apocalyptic suggestions some people tout.
If it isn't wrapped up in cling film or canned - we'll be screwed

@MadameX - It certainly is a complex web, the figures merely illustrate in a basic form how the world's wealth is distributed.

PS John Galt? Do you have a link I am fascinated. Do you mean my logo?

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1. 7/16/08
  
  Jeunelle
  
  SolReka....I am not too concerned with us.
  I have been talking about the issue to many people and I have asked them what are they doing to plan ahead for really hard times and they have no answers for me and they don't really seem to care, too busy with their IPOD'S, so why should I.
  
  I am glad that the tribes are one step ahead and I hope to see a huge return of tribes.
  I do have a feeling that many countries in order to protect their natural resources,
  will become isolationist again and that is good for culture as it give culture the valuable time
  it needs to develop.
2. 7/16/08
  
  Anok
  
  If a doomsday scenario ever does happen, the Mr and I will be in our element
3. 7/16/08
  
  MadameX
  
  John Galt is the "hero" in Ayn Rand's novel, Atlas Shrugged. Rand, as you may know, is a vociferous advocate of the "virtue of selfishness". The golden dollar sign was the symbol of Galt's version of a utopian society, in which all of the unskilled, lazy, less intelligent, etc. people were out of the way and the cream of the crop could pursue their own ends undisturbed.
4. 7/16/08
  
  Jeunelle
  
  @Anok....If doomsday ever happens I want to go to the hairdresser a day before.
  I just want to make sure I look good on my way out. lmao
7/16/08

cooper

It's a little ore complicated than that, I've seen varied figures depending on the sources but we are a rather messed up society and considering $16,279,069 was spent daily( yup daily) last year to lobby congress (Harper's index),you can see the skewed priorities.

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