my observations on everything right and wrong with the world - starting with myself.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
the world is becoming a very crowded place.
The CIA's latest world population ranking has China topping 1.3 BILLION with India trailing not far behind. The EU is #4 at almost half a billion and the US of A is #5 at almost 300 million.
With the exception of Japan and Germany, the other countries topping the top 20 are "third-world" developing countries.
now, technically, the EU is just an economic treatise between countries, kinda like NATO, hence, the countries which are part of the EU are independent and are listed separately...so, the EU really isn't a country.
with this in mind, the majority of the world lives below the World Bank's "international poverty line", which, ironically, is based on consumption.
what does this mean?
-90% of the world is on the edge of survival and is subject to exploitation by the top 10%...
and
-the top 10% happens to consume 90% of the world's resources...
BUT, the "TOP OF THE WORLD" News on CNN is about the New Miss Universe 2005?
damn.
am I the only one whose priorities are skewed?
The CIA's latest world population ranking has China topping 1.3 BILLION with India trailing not far behind. The EU is #4 at almost half a billion and the US of A is #5 at almost 300 million.
With the exception of Japan and Germany, the other countries topping the top 20 are "third-world" developing countries.
now, technically, the EU is just an economic treatise between countries, kinda like NATO, hence, the countries which are part of the EU are independent and are listed separately...so, the EU really isn't a country.
with this in mind, the majority of the world lives below the World Bank's "international poverty line", which, ironically, is based on consumption.
what does this mean?
-90% of the world is on the edge of survival and is subject to exploitation by the top 10%...
and
-the top 10% happens to consume 90% of the world's resources...
BUT, the "TOP OF THE WORLD" News on CNN is about the New Miss Universe 2005?
damn.
am I the only one whose priorities are skewed?
