What bothers you the most

[We Never Know]

What bothers you the most in the current world..
-poverty
-hunger
-disease
-corruption
-greed
-child trafficing
-homelessness
Etc etc..

I think we all would agree these are all problems in the world today. Does one bother you more than the others?

If you could rid the world of only one what would it be?

Or list your own.

 

[Heyo]

What bothers you the most in the current world..
-poverty
-hunger
-disease
-corruption
-greed
-child trafficing
-homelessness
Etc etc..

I think we all would agree these are all problems in the world today. Does one bother you more than the others?

If you could rid the world of only one what would it be?

Or list your own.

War.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I view all of these issues as fundamentally intertwined. From a Marxist viewpoint, each is a form of class struggle in one way or another. For example, a lot of poverty stems from unequitable distribution of wealth, which in turn leads or contributes to hunger, homelessness, corruption, and certain communities' vulnerability to disease (e.g., due to insufficient health care).

If I could rid the world of one problem, it would probably be unjust distribution of resources and basic needs (such as health care, food, shelter, etc.). Practically all of the other problems and their side effects would be greatly reduced as a result.

 

[exchemist]

What bothers you the most in the current world..
-poverty
-hunger
-disease
-corruption
-greed
-child trafficing
-homelessness
Etc etc..

I think we all would agree these are all problems in the world today. Does one bother you more than the others?

If you could rid the world of only one what would it be?

Or list your own.

Corruption. Without a doubt.

It is corruption that spawns virtually all the others. It is corruption that prevents good laws and their enforcement. It is corruption that stops government improving the conditions of the people. It is corruption that prevents aid programmes from reaching the people it is intended to help.

We had a talk on this at Shell, when I worked for them. The background was a new company drive on the due diligence required when selecting contractors. The speaker made the point that almost all the bad governance in the world, and the resulting ill effects of that, can be traced back to corruption. (My wife subsequently had to turn down two contractors on major projects, one in Mexico and one I think in India, because of this, which got her and the company into trouble with local politicians who stood to benefit.)

 

[The Hammer]

corruption

This feeds everything else.

 

[Quagmire]

Self-deception.

It's so easy for us to do wrong because we can convince ourselves that anything is right.

 

[Estro Felino]

Social injustice.
That the chosen ones decide the fate of entire nations. They decide to wage wars, and they send people to war, but they remain safe and warm in some bunker, protected.
This is vileness, cowardice, dishonor.
These self-entitled people are the worst and they are the cause of social injustice.

 

[Secret Chief]

What bothers you the most in the current world..
-poverty
-hunger
-disease
-corruption
-greed
-child trafficing
-homelessness
Etc etc..

I think we all would agree these are all problems in the world today. Does one bother you more than the others?

If you could rid the world of only one what would it be?

Or list your own.

Extinctions caused by humans.

 

[Quagmire]

Self-deception.

It's so easy for us to do wrong because we can convince ourselves that anything is right.

That and people who talk too loudly on their phones.

 

[Rival]

Corruption. Without a doubt.

It is corruption that spawns virtually all the others. It is corruption that prevents good laws and their enforcement. It is corruption that stops government improving the conditions of the people. It is corruption that prevents aid programmes from reaching the people it is intended to help.

We had a talk on this at Shell, when I worked for them. The background was a new company drive on the due diligence required when selecting contractors. The speaker made the point that almost all the bad governance in the world, and the resulting ill effects of that, can be traced back to corruption. (My wife subsequently had to turn down two contractors on major projects, one in Mexico and one I think in India, because of this, which got her and the company into trouble with local politicians who stood to benefit.)

I was thinking the same.

 

[The Hammer]

Self-deception.

It's so easy for us to do wrong because we can convince ourselves that anything is right.

This is certainly up there as well.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Corruption. Without a doubt.

It is corruption that spawns virtually all the others. It is corruption that prevents good laws and their enforcement. It is corruption that stops government improving the conditions of the people. It is corruption that prevents aid programmes from reaching the people it is intended to help.

We had a talk on this at Shell, when I worked for them. The background was a new company drive on the due diligence required when selecting contractors. The speaker made the point that almost all the bad governance in the world, and the resulting ill effects of that, can be traced back to corruption. (My wife subsequently had to turn down two contractors on major projects, one in Mexico and one I think in India, because of this, which got her and the company into trouble with local politicians who stood to benefit.)

This feeds everything else.

I was thinking the same.

I'll slip each of you $5 under the table and then we can all agree that I'm right.

 

[exchemist]

I'll slip each of you $5 under the table and then we can all agree that I'm right.

Well, living in Egypt, you will be the expert!

Though we in the UK are far from free of it, especially with the current government.

 

[The Hammer]

If I could rid the world of one problem, it would probably be unjust distribution of resources and basic needs (such as health care, food, shelter, etc.). Practically all of the other problems and their side effects would be greatly reduced as a result.

I'll slip each of you $5 under the table and then we can all agree that I'm right.

I agree that this is a huge problem as well.

But you can keep the $5

 

[Mock Turtle]

Perhaps selfishness or greed might be the tops for me, given that these so often will then invoke corruption and/or exploitation so as to affect so many. And we probably can't solve many others on the list if we can't get rid of what basically causes them.

 

[Nakosis]

What bothers you the most in the current world..
-poverty
-hunger
-disease
-corruption
-greed
-child trafficing
-homelessness
Etc etc..

I think we all would agree these are all problems in the world today. Does one bother you more than the others?

If you could rid the world of only one what would it be?

Or list your own.

Child trafficking.

The rest I've experienced and dealt with.

 

[exchemist]

Perhaps selfishness or greed might be the tops for me, given that these so often will then invoke corruption and/or exploitation so as to affect so many. And we probably can't solve many others on the list if we can't get rid of what basically causes them.

Fair point. The trouble is that those vices are intrinsic to human nature, so are ineradicable. Corruption on the other hand is something we can do something about, via political systems with public accountability and, critically, a free press.

India, I see, is currently going backwards in this respect.BBC India offices searched by income tax officials

 

[Hermit Philosopher]

What bothers you the most in the current world..
-poverty
-hunger
-disease
-corruption
-greed
-child trafficing
-homelessness
Etc etc..

I think we all would agree these are all problems in the world today. Does one bother you more than the others?

If you could rid the world of only one what would it be?

Or list your own.

I’m not sure of the purpose in imagining that I have a magic wand to rid the world of anything, but I use my right to vote and try to do what is in my immediate power to not contribute to all sorts of ills:

• poverty: I don’t demand more pay than is required for me to support my basic needs.
• hunger: I only consume what my body needs as fuel.
• disease: I do what I can and am conscious of others health and safety
• corruption: I don’t exchange “favours”
• greed: I do not hoard
• child trafficking: I don’t know what to say to that
• homelessness: I only own my own dwellings

None of what I do, rids us of anything, but if I did the opposite, it would certainly contribute to them all.

Humbly,
Hermit

 

[chlotilde]

Fair point. The trouble is that those vices are intrinsic to human nature, so are ineradicable.

yup, that's what I call original sin.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Environmental pollution and animal abuse.