Did your parents ever say to you as a child "you're lucky that you've got what you have, there are people in the world worse off than you." ?
Well, my parents used to tell me that frequently, along with "Finish your dinner, the staving kids in Africa don't even get half of what is on your plate, be grateful for what you have."
As I child I used to just brush that off, but now that i've gotten a little older and now that I start to fully understand the elements of the world, it's got me thinking. Are we really that much better off?
The obvious answer would be yes, but is it really the case?
We, the developed nations, are going through harsh times, our economy is slowing, our natural resources aren't going to last forever, we're abusing the environment, we're running out of living space, overpopulation is a growing problem. So are we really that much better off?
They are comparing today's economic crisis with the great depression of the 1920's, I know personally that one(1) AUD = 0.6420 USD, And yet, earlier last year, it was up around 0.95 USD.
Will there be a day where parents turn to their children and say, "You have to eat that red soup, we're not as fortunet as some people dear." I mean, will everything get so bad that one day, our first world countries of today, will be our second and third world countries of tomorrow? China's moving up fast, it wasn't ever this powerful, financially, it also has one of the best academic structures in the world. I remember seeing in a video that china has more A+ students in their schools then America has enrolled students. That's just unbelievable, for every American student, there is a student in China that is a high achiever.
Did your parents ever used to say that you were better off then most other people?
What do you think about today's social status in regards to the economy?
Well, my parents used to tell me that frequently, along with "Finish your dinner, the staving kids in Africa don't even get half of what is on your plate, be grateful for what you have."
As I child I used to just brush that off, but now that i've gotten a little older and now that I start to fully understand the elements of the world, it's got me thinking. Are we really that much better off?
The obvious answer would be yes, but is it really the case?
We, the developed nations, are going through harsh times, our economy is slowing, our natural resources aren't going to last forever, we're abusing the environment, we're running out of living space, overpopulation is a growing problem. So are we really that much better off?
They are comparing today's economic crisis with the great depression of the 1920's, I know personally that one(1) AUD = 0.6420 USD, And yet, earlier last year, it was up around 0.95 USD.
Will there be a day where parents turn to their children and say, "You have to eat that red soup, we're not as fortunet as some people dear." I mean, will everything get so bad that one day, our first world countries of today, will be our second and third world countries of tomorrow? China's moving up fast, it wasn't ever this powerful, financially, it also has one of the best academic structures in the world. I remember seeing in a video that china has more A+ students in their schools then America has enrolled students. That's just unbelievable, for every American student, there is a student in China that is a high achiever.
Did your parents ever used to say that you were better off then most other people?
What do you think about today's social status in regards to the economy?
