And what are the pains and problems that are a threat to peace and harmony in this globalized world?
- massive poverty and squalor for billions of our fellow beings,
- massive involuntary migration and anullment of the lives of those whom we declare 'illegal',
- human rights abuses by local and national authorities and by warrying parties, in rich as well as in developing countries,
- ongoing degradation of our natural environment and unsustainable useage of the planet's resources,
- continued push for still more overproduction of things we do not need and that do not contribute to our well-being.
- increasing commodifying of life (e.g. human interaction, animal life). More and more life values become a commodity to be sold for money, thus causing us to become more and more impoverished as human beings.
The wealth and relative peace and quiet that is enjoyed in some places of the world is often sustained by the exploitation of others and their economic resources.
Is this present state for the world something we can name civilization and progress?
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