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Our societies are run by politicians and business leaders, who seem to care little about the lives of those who are affected, often indirectly, by the decisions that they take. Look at the world around us. The disparities of wealth and power between those at the top and those at the bottom has been obscene for centuries and shows no sign of changing for the better.
What do global economic summits actually achieve? The eradication of poverty would seem to be the most pressing priority in any world which calls itself civilised. Yet the continued persistence in simply liberalising free trade in a global capitalist economy ensures that poverty remains, because poverty is entrenched within the capitalist system - a steady supply of the poor and desperate ensures that labour prices stay low and corporate profits stay high.
The latest report by Oxfam says that the world’s 8 richest people now have the same wealth as 50% of the global population. How has that been allowed to happen? Why have political leaders not intervened to prevent this grotesque inequality from arising? This wealth gap is widening, not narrowing. The most wealthy individuals and corporations have the financial power to influence and shape global trade agreements to suit their needs. But who represents the poor of the world in these negotiations? Who speaks for them?
There is a lot of talk about ethical foreign policy objectives, but in the most important global agreements of all - those around trade issues - there seems to be no ethics at all. Nobody seems to be asking “How will this help the poor and the dispossessed of the world? How will this reduce poverty and wealth inequality?” We’ve had decades of so-called “Trickle-Down Economics”, but all it seems to really mean is that when the rich take a piss it trickles down onto the heads of the poor.

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I have looked into the future, and I don’t like what I saw - the wreckage of the lives of innocents washed up on the shore. I have looked into the faces of the ones who are to blame - who sacrifice the lives of others like the pieces of a game. Just as the past has always been, so will be the future unless we intervene. And as we now sow, then so shall we reap. A handful of herdsmen. A nation of sheep. I have looked for signs of progress in the things that matter most. I have seen faint signs of justice - as fleeting as a ghost. I have seen the mounds of plenty that are never fairly shared. I’ve searched the corridors of power trying to find someone who cared. I have looked hard for a reason, but no matter how hard I stare I’ve had to come to the conclusion that there is no reason there. I’ve been asking for an answer to the simple question: “Why, if we’re so proud of our achievements, are so many condemned to die?”

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from The Age Of Mass Distraction, released August 18, 2017

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