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This kind of goes off track of the H1N1 topic, but I think the theme is the same. It's interesting to think about the things our governments, and subsequently, the media and masses, choose to focus on (speaking beyond the celebrity worship to the perceived problems of the world). It is doubly as interesting to think about the things they do not focus on, essentially things in which money cannot be made in some way. Numbers are great when they promote a certain policy or industry they want to hold up, but those numbers are quickly discarded if it goes against this or that agenda. An "elephant in the room" example would be the so-called War on Terrorism and the amount of money thrown at the security and military industries over these last 8 years, not to mention all the laws being laid down which curtail our human rights and deprive us of our dignity, and on a societal level the amount of hysteria and paranoia that is fostered and encouraged. How many people were killed in terrorist attacks last year in the Western world? I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I'll wager that in contrast to some of the numbers above, not many. Taking it further, it is particularly interesting to note that in this case, said governments are partially responsible for the creation of the problem they now promise to save us from. It's a symptom of bad policy (humanistically speaking), and they try to fight it with more bad policy when the easiest way to fight terrorism would be to look at it for what it is, desperate people taking desperate measures, and work on fixing the social disconnects which allowed the radicalism to ferment in the first place. But then, that would not be profitable and would not allow certain parties to hold their dominance in the world. People setting policy view the world as a chessboard, no empathy and cold, calculated moves geared toward dominance of nation states, regions, or particular industries. Not saying it is that black and white, but still...we have lost all perspective and the world is upside-down. We like to pretend that we have adanced so far. Technologically yes, consciously and ethically, no. We're no better than our ancestors riding on dinosaurs all 5,000 years ago in the beginning of the world. Money and the "self" is GOD, journalism is dead, and as a species, we should all be ashamed of ourselves. Generally speaking we allow ourselves to be herded around like cattle by a very small portion of the population, to their ends. On the other hand, so as not to appear as if I am totally misanthropic, I still love humanity. We have so much potential, we just need to get our shit together, set our perspectives back to what's truly important in this world, and evolve beyond the current paradigm. Ram Charts and graphs of interest: http://starvation.net/terrorism-vs-starvation-1968-2003.htm http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/FASTATS/deaths.htm
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