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June 08, 2005
How to Save the World Part. 2
Howyoucanchangetheworld.com, is an interesting website educating visitors on the "8 Pillars of Wisdom." That would be:
Equality
Democracy
Justice
Peace
Feminism
Freedom
Anti-Fascism
Altruism
This website has a more socialistic view than my own, and the solutions proposed are a little bit on the unrealistic side. We can't just disperse wealth in all parts of the world equally nor is democracy attainable in all parts of the world, as we have learned in the past. Cultural practices run so deep that it's not possible to simply "abolish" gender inequality and expect people to abide by them. Violence is not the answer but we simply cannot ask for change by threatning to fast ourselves to death. Alright, so I am a little bit extreme here. I believe that change will come, slowly but surely. I also realize we can't change everything, and we can't help everyone. When I went through this website, I wondered if this is what most readers of this blog thinks of me; unrealistic, unlogical. Their proposed solution to poverty made me think of Team America, the whole basis of the story is that Kim Jong I of Korea wants to bomb every big city in the world so that every place on earth will be a 3rd world country. As the movie quotes:
Kim Jong I: It will be 911 times 2356.
Chris: My god, that's... I don't even know what that is!
Kim Jong I: Nobody does!
Not really a time to joke...but at least it shows you the severity of what he was trying to achieve. It's basically the solution that I think Howyoucanchangetheworld.com proposes minus the mass destruction. Just a little bit absurd.
Posted by thao0226 at June 8, 2005 05:10 PM | How to Save the World
Comments
I just saw that movie for the first time last week. It's hilarious.
Posted by: Sarah at June 9, 2005 02:41 PM