Without sounding stupid or naive, I just want peace and fairness in the world. I want the future generation to consider poverty as history. How can we call ourselves decent human beings when we are letting people starve to death on the same planet as us? Just think about, say it out loud to yourself, there are people dying because they have no food or no clean water. It almost sounds like joke because it is so basic to us.
I express my views with many people and they either do not take me seriously or find me unrealistic. The very few who seem to comprehend me only do for a few seconds and then make the issue about them. They argue about the inevitability of the poor and rich and how they would really like to help the poor but who's helping them. That is what angers me the most about this world, the immense greed and selfishness. Instead of appreciating and developing the world together, we complain and better ourselves. Our ancestors developed and fought for our rights, there a hundreds of pivotal events throughout history that underpin the modern world; whether it were the fights against Racism, Gender equality or Democracy just to name a few. We take all these things for granted but at that material time, people like us did not have or had very little freedom. I think the next thing this world needs to come together and fight against is poverty. Just because it does not effect you directly, does not mean it does not exist. Some people donate money monthly or annually to charities, whilst others send out big cheques. Some people even pay a little trip to Kenya or India, take a few pictures, feed a few children and go back to their sad, mediocre lives. All those things are great but who are we really fooling? Are we really helping them or just making sure it does not get worse? I'm the type of person who cannot do something in small doses and feel satisfied. I would rather achieve my whole objective in one go and feel content after completing it. That is why I no longer want to endure this draining process of gradually helping the poor but want to just stop it once and for all. People may think I'm over aspiring and believe the unbelievable but humanity to me is the compassion and power between us humans. I feel as human beings we owe each other a duty to ensure we have the essentials to move up in life. We should not be killing and hating each other but empowering one another.
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