Recession...Myth or Reality?
The world is going crazy due to the spread of the threat of recession. However, i firmly believe that recession is only a concept developed by the capitalists of the world, to further deprive the poor and feed the rich. If we really think about it, the problem is not the availability of resources, but the distribution and the use of these resources. In Jamaica, the saying, "donkey say di worl' nuh level" goes to show that the balances of the world are almost always tipped towards the wealthy and the powerful.
How can we be facing a so-called "recession" with people being able to afford to buy 2 million pound dresses for a single night? (Paris Hilton) The problem with the world is that due to the spread of the western standard of living, people have abandoned the notions of selflessness and kindness and have adopted selfishness and self-centeredness as the order of the day. If we live for ourselves and ONLY ourselves, we will force ourselves into a state of deprivation.
Secondly, we need to stop believing that development should only be focused on the physical aspects of the world. How can we create machines that only destroy the Earth, the only Earth we have to live on, and then boast that we are developed? Development should be centred on the growth of human beings, not the destruction of human beings. We need to start embracing the Earth we have to live on because, despite our achievements in technology, we still cannot live on any other planet. As in olden days, so called "uncivilised" societies were able to think of the Earth in every aspect of their lives. They worked in HARMONY with nature, not against it, and look how healthy they were! The Mayans were one of the most educated and successful people the world has ever seen. They didn't need to polute the air and create harmful machines. They simply focused on the needs of each other, while keeping nature in mind.
I said all that to say this, recession is only a concept. The reality is we are living in a world plagued with selfishness, ruthlessness, sin and sheer evil. We need to wise up, seek God, and return the world to the type of place it must be. While the meek n lowly work hard to support ourselves, the rich are sucking us dry like the leeches they are. WE NEED TO REALIZE THIS and try to do something about it. Think about it people, as teens, WE are the future.
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Yes the recession is based on selfishness of the rich. If the rich people would get some sort of vision and decide to give even a fraction of their pay cheque to assist in the situation I am sure it wouldn't be that bad.
If our own parliamentary leaders would do all for the country as they say, why not give up some of their salary so it can be used for social development? So people will not have to be poor, as Bruce Golding stated in his election speech. So we can also stop borrowing so much and redeem ourselves from the pit of debt.
It has been said before and I will repeat it, we have to go back to living primitively. That's the only way to survive right now. Christopher Tufton, Minister of Agriculture, stated that we have to go back to ground provisions like yam, cassava and sweet potato, because there will soon be shortage of rice. Things our ancestors ate years ago. Our ancestors paved the way and us with our technology were trying to make things better, but did it really make things any better? Look how many diseases have been brought about through this 'technology', which we cherish so dearly.
Now we go right back to the beginning. BACK TO BASICS.
We cannot solely blame the rich and their greed for the recession. Other country states who perpetrate this need for wealth allow the on going cycle of exploitation to grow and fester into the somewhat 'hopeless' situation we now face.
Again technology is our necessary evil. While it gives the illusion of making our lives easier, it creates a whole new age of dependency w/ a string of new diseases and global deprivation.
The real question is how long and by what means will we recover from this new age disaster they call the "RECESSION".