in the 3000-year war between the haves and havenots, has the truth [the first casualty of war] got so far from us that even the most dispassionate mature responsible thinkers are in denial and cant face it?
225 people with as much wealth as 2,500,000,000 people
1% getting 90% of world income [US$70 trillion a year - may actually be worse - may be $270 trillion a year]
pay/fortnight's work from $1 to $1 billion, from 1000th to a million times average
are these figures assimilable to people any more? - or, if people realised these figures, and their implications, would it cause a giant mental meltdown, leaving a gibbering puddle on the floor?
violence is proportional to injustice:
unhappiness is proportional to injustice:
unreality is proportional to injustice:
we have pay from $1000 pay for a lifetime's work, to $1000 for a third of a second's work
did we leave being able to face reality a long long time ago?
[immature answers not enjoyed]
2006-11-13
07:52:16
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