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The end of hope! a World catching Fire!
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by Paschen | November 16, 2008 at 08:25 pm
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By, Uwe Paschen.
In the last couple of days I have read through a lot of News papers and sound reports on the state of our World's future, as far as Jobs, economy, Politics, the Environment and freedom as well as Justice goes.
Some reports by respected Journalist and Politician as well Annalist going as far as predicting revolutions in the USA, Europe and Asia even Africa by 2012. All this at first looked upon with a rather critical eye and some doubt maybe.
I did even take the time to wash the entire speeches of the European President, the Russian President and some other leader after the recent European-Russian Summit and now the latest G20 summit, where some made rather surprising and bold speeches.
All to show the seriousness of the state in wish the World finds it self lately or rather since the war in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq that in a way seem to have been the triggers of this down ward descending spiral at mind boggling speed. To the point that all seem to have lost their North heading and are now totally disoriented.
Even the smartest and brightest of our leaders and authorities seem to be at a loss and quietly getting ready to brace them self for the unavoidable impact that may very well be the last they could or we all could witness in Humanities short and great History.
Job losses, be on any once wildest fears and predictions, rise in poverty to a point and at a speed that has only few precedents in the past centuries and all those precedence do indicate and show us only one out come, war, revolution and madness.
Some thing I am sure we all are looking forward to with open arms, or are we? Well I think not, however it does look like it more and more so. Unless of course we get smart and take the bull by the horns and bring the beast down, by cleaning house and radically changing our World, to be one united force.
International common Currency for starter, A strong and reformed UNO, with out any Veto Powers and sole holder of military Power to be used only with international consent of a let say 75% majority. Utopia, no, not at all. Should we fail to achieve such drastic changes we may very well end up with revolutions and wars all over the globe including in Europe, the USA, China, and elsewhere.
The alarm bells are rigging loud and clear, to the point that leaders such as the French President Sarkozy, and the Russian President Medvedev Have made rather alarming speeches urging for unity, peace, and disarmament as well as drastic measure to clean house and reform our international institutions on all levels, financial as well as Political and social.
They realized not only how serious the situation is and that we are sitting on live dynamite ready to blow up so to speak, but more so that once the trigger is pulled they will be no going back and it will mean the end of a world and could mean its apocalypse as well. We can not afford to fail not to be self fish or arrogant any longer.
Some thing that even Russia and Europe seem to have understood, Briton and the USA still seem to hesitate though and are holding on to the utopia of a miracle that however wont happen nor any divine intervention, no we are alone now and have to fix this mess all by our self's with out blowing the Earth up into space dust and us with it.
It is grand time to wake up and face not only our own demon's but also those of our ancestors doing and take the painful road of self critics and rebuilding a new World on the foundation of justice, equality, duty, responsibility and respect for all Humans and living species on this planet including the planet it self that deserves to have some fundamental rights as well.
Arrogance and egocentrism. would be deadly right now, and we need to abstain from such urges for it would be our own demise.
We need to act now and has some leaders said this week, we better not fail, for the sake of our decedent.
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (27)
at 23:18 on November 16th, 2008
Excellent perspective... well written and concise. I'm not sure I would like this to happen but people can only take so much.
Great work
at 05:15 on May 31st, 2009
reno_fog, thank you for commenting and yes nor would I like to see the worth unfold here and yet you are correct, People can take only so much.
at 01:47 on November 17th, 2008
What an article, but as the world is doing, right work at wrong place and wrong time, so this article is also at wrong place , on environmetal page.
at 06:08 on November 17th, 2008
Amitjha, A pleasure to read your comment as always. Well I am not sure how it ended up in environment, most likely a mix up and it has been fixed since, Thank you for pointing it out.
at 02:17 on November 17th, 2008
Very interesting and thought provoking article. Please continue writing such stuff.
at 06:02 on November 17th, 2008
Thank you Sanjay Jha, Much appreciated.
at 03:02 on November 17th, 2008
Great post, Paschen! One of the problems of the UN at present is that its representatives are unelected (self appointed through each country). Sadly, some of the more tyranical countries have made sure they are on all the right committees (such as Human Rights) and can veto any effective action.
I was watching an excellent BBC discussion last night about the resources at the bottom of deep oceans which many companbies have their greedy eyes on. But the legal framework determining access is really quite good. That is one way that nations can cooperate. But the idea of sharing all military power and having some one authority and a majority vote - well, what happened over Iraq? The UN said NO and Britain and the US went ahead anyway.
at 06:01 on November 17th, 2008
Gerry, Thank you for the read and as always your comment is rather blond and right on the money, I could not have said it any better. To bad I can not cash the BBC out here, I would have liked to see this discussion my self.
Thanks again.
at 04:18 on November 17th, 2008
Makes one want to draw an analogy with the raging fires in California which becoming a great worry to the residents and the world at large.
Are we seeing on onset of actual effects of climatic change thro these regrettable natural calamities occurring one after the other?
Are our leaders able to corelate this with actual govt policy formulations?
Sorry for pulling this analogy outside the main context of the story but it does draw our attention to the wider picture of governance,does it?
at 05:57 on November 17th, 2008
Thank you for the comment PROFARM, Well yes you do make a valid point and yes they are some correlation here. It is in part what Russia and France said through their leaders, we need change and serious change as well as reform and we have to unite and make peace or we may all be in big trouble on all fronts.
at 10:32 on November 17th, 2008
at 18:21 on November 17th, 2008
To error is Human, Fairbanks, why we are Learning and correcting mistakes trying to better our policy and ways, it is a long, slow and at times hard process and yet Humanity over all has managed to learn and grow over the past 5000 years.
at 05:46 on November 17th, 2008
The leaders of the world have lost sight that we belong to the Human Race. The crisis the world faces is brought on by too many people living in ego. Capitalism has swung too far on one side of the pendulum. Socialism has become a swear word. What is wrong with looking after one another for basic needs??
Trying to solve the problems by the same means that brought on the problem will not work.
One currency, one world order will only make it easier for ego driven lunatics to rule the world. We need diversity to ensure our freedoms.
LIVE NOT IN FEAR CREATED BY OTHERS, BUT IN LOVE CREATED BY SELF.
at 09:49 on November 17th, 2008
Great Comment, Yet we do have diversity and no justice nor freedom, at least for most on Earth. I agree with the feeling Socialism may sound good by now and that Capitalism has been way to abusive and out of control for the past two decades at least that is. However we are one World and can only grow and evolve as one united world, that does not mean uniformity nor a loss of Diversity, rather the opposite, we can guaranty in such a Democratic system as long as it is democratic and representative that we protect the minorities as done in some successful democratic models such as Canada, Sweden, Germany and Finland. The EU is a good model for this as well and so is the CFAF zone in West Africa, even though this one does still need great improvements.
at 06:07 on November 17th, 2008
Source: monks.org
at 09:50 on November 17th, 2008
Wise and a good Maxim Lucretia Borge, Thank you for commenting. Our Politics is a direct reflection of the state of our society and its Moral values as well as its inter Human relations, is it not? I think Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche {(October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) (Germany)} said that, yet I could be mistaken.
at 06:36 on November 17th, 2008
Thank you all for the reads, Comments and Recommends or Flags. I do appreciate it.
at 10:23 on November 17th, 2008
Good piece, bleak, but things we need to take note of.
at 18:57 on November 17th, 2008
Thank you Amy, Yes maybe bleak, yet as you said, "we need to take note of it"
The warning signs are there to warn us so we may be allowed to change course and avoid the worth possible scenario. Would it not be wise of us to listen and act accordingly?
at 10:28 on November 17th, 2008
at 18:14 on May 31st, 2009
That is why we had the French Revolution as well as the Russian Revolution, because they where starving and yet managed to over through Kings and Queens and as well as every one else in the Government, Armed Forces and Police at the time. And the People back then where not only starving yet suffered for decades of mall nutrition as well as other problems. The King of France was probably thinking as you do here and why he lost his head on the guillotine.
at 13:34 on November 17th, 2008
While the essay is intriguing and well written it is to idealist. To think that major powers in the world will had over complete sovereignty to an international body is absurd. That would mean a vote by a small nation would equal a large nation. The whole point of the UN security council is to make sure that doesn't happen. Would you really want a developing nation to dictate affairs of the United States. This would only lead to large nations pseudo colonizing again to make sure that other nations acted in the interest that it wants. Just a hypothetical but lets say the United States tell other nations that if you do not vote our way we will pull economic aid to your country. Not saying there should not be reform in the world but, it has to be taken in realist steps. It has to come from a practical application of idealist though. That is the toughest part.
at 18:18 on November 17th, 2008
The EU is functioning well and to the benefit of all, retaining their sovereignty and identity, yet being united and co-operating in a federation sort of system, same could work on a larger scale. Europe's Countries where at war with each other for over 3000 years and managed to finally form a union as well as co-operation be on any once wildest dream in 1945 where most did talk and think as you do now, and yet all where proven wrong by now. It does work and it is possible. If Europe can do, then the rest of the World can as well. And the UNO is a good point to start.
at 07:20 on May 31st, 2009
Lack of leadership in this world. There are good managers around, but these are not interested to play politics. Sad but true. Maybe technocrats will do the job, but that is long shot.
at 04:47 on June 1st, 2009
The status quo is not going to change much. The elite lead, mess up and then the cycle repeats it self perhaps another empire will start. The EU empire or the Chinese one at a guess.
Apocalypse would be the easy way out, no its more wars, more innocent dying its the way we humans behave some of us are sheep and others wolfs and foxes.
Sad but its the truth and the reality and the way it really is.
at 05:18 on June 1st, 2009
Apocalypse maybe? Nature is very much self-healing, hopefully also in this respect. The perpetuation of always the same clan of politicians is the culprit and not the solution. Once in power they never secede, taking care that members of the clan do follow them up to protect their mistakes and interest. Breaking this chain is next to impossible.
at 09:13 on June 1st, 2009
The system is in place to keep people enslaved, the quicker we understand that the quicker we can work towards fixing it