Something to Think About

So I’m bored this afternoon and have been thinking…never a good thing.

I want to talk about two major recipients of governmental money world wide – aid and medicine. Yes, I realise there is a long list of others, but, as I said, I want to talk about these two.

Please, try to leave all emotion out of it for the next 2 minutes and think about this objectively. I don’t necessarily believe in the arguments I make here…or in any other post…but I have thought about and considered them.

I think we can agree on two things -

·         The amount of money spent on international aid world-wide adds up to an astronomical sum every year

·         The amount of money spent on medical research and the implementation of new medical discoveries is also very very large

Now, consider this. 

What is the main use of aid money?  FOOD and WATER

Why don't people buy their own food and water? NO MONEY

 Why don't people have any money? NO JOBS

 And why aren’t there enough jobs to go around? OVERPOPULATION

In the end, if you follow the path far enough, all major troubles in the world come down to the fact that there are simply too many of us. This, as we know, is only getting worse.

So – what if….we didn’t spend freakish amounts of money on medical research and instead put this money into education, infrastructure etc. etc. Is it not a valid argument that the population problem would soon work itself out?? Countries would have some extra cash to pay back debt or use in other ways and the number of people on the planet would have a chance to stabilize. Once this occurred, aid to other places could be decreased and more money would be saved.

I know it sounds crazy and unethical, remember, I never said it was an idea we should actually implement, but you have to admit that it makes you think.  Maybe our need to continuously progress is creating more harm than good.  I doubt there would be a hole in the ozone if we never came up with internal combustion. There would still be diversity in our oceans if it wasn’t for oil rigs and supertankers. So maybe there would be enough food and water for the living if we simply left well-enough alone and allowed natural selection to do its thing.

It’s something to ponder anyways…

Xoxoxo

Jenn