Less than 10% of the world population is gobbling up more than 80% of worlds precious resources.?

Question

How can we make it more equitable?

Answer 1

Maybe third world countries could get their act together and use the BILLIONS of dollars and endless supply of new technology and medicines that the U.S. exports to them each year to better the lives of their citizens. As it stands now, their leaders simply steal the money and sell the technology and medicine to the highest bidder to further enrich themselves.

But, you know, we couldn't actually take any forceful action to help these poor people because then the world would call us bullies, which would hurt liberals' feelings. :-(

It's funny how our removal of the dictator Saddam Hussein from Iraq, who was committing genocide against the Kurds in his country, is firmly criticized, but the fact that we haven't done the same in Darfur is ALSO criticized. Why can't liberals just admit that they have no principles except for the principle of "We Hate Bush"?

Answer 2

I don't accept your premise. Need to see how much precious resources are being gobbled up by the Chinese.

One way to make it more equitable would be to get rid of socialist in the third world so those countries could prosper.

Answer 3

although i think it pertains more to wealth specifically than just resource usage (because as one respondent suggests, one could certainly assume china is probably using a decent size chunk of resources) those stats are pretty credible as far as wealth distribution.

Now i dont even know if i particularly like my answer, but i think at this point it might just be necesary for people to put on that golden straitjacket so to speak and try to enter the global capitalistic game. Other than seeing what president Chavez with his new enhanced powers, i havent really seen what has any effect as a counterweight to the globalization of high capitalism.

No its not really fair that people should have dictated to them the style of economy and government they have ruiling over them, but increasingly that just seems to be the way the world is. If we are talking in terms of wealth, there just isnt another system that is going to be as productive as globalizing capitalism. Yes there are very serious potential drawbacks to this (and i defintly think we need to be constantly addressing them) but if we are talking wealth, the potential to make it wont really be found anywhere else.

In all probability, switching to set oneself up to enter the capitalist game, is probably a dangerous process (as it really doesnt work out right away in some cases) and for most countries they will probably never get their fair shake anyway. However they probably have a greater possiblity of getting their so called piece of the pie that way.

No one is going to get the G7 or G8 to give up their portions of wealth to make the world fair for everyone. However many nations are trying to find a way to strike that balance between keeping your own cultural traditions alive while putting on this golden straitjacket. Im not sure if it can really be accomplished but at this point it is probably the viable alternative if they want to try and generate more wealth.

If a country still chooses to remain outside of that, that of course is their perrogative and has to be dealt with seperatly, but that is increasingly less an option.

Answer 4

It is equitable. They also produce the most. The more a person produces the more they should recieve. No other method has ever worked.

Answer 5

Those numbers are wildly incorrect. Try again scrub. Next time look at an actual source instead of making something up.

Answer 6

IT IS CALLED 80 -20 RULE . WHICH SAYS 20% OF PEOPLE DO 80% OF THE WORK AND 80% DO 20%. 20% HAS 80% OF THE MONEY AND 80% HAS 20%. SO ON. IT IS EVERY WHERE. IN YOUR COMMUNITY ,IN YOUR FAMILY .AND ALLOVER THE WORLD