Monday, July 11, 2011
Empires?
The United States is about to default on its debt. If the political debates between Democrates and Republicans do not resolve within a few weeks, this will be unprecedent not only for the near collapse of the American economy but also for the global economy at large! It is morally unacceptable that discussions between Congressmen of the U.S. and the U.S. government determine the fate of billions of poor people on earth. The IMF which is the largest world bank can do nothing to prevent a return to old empire! Think of the Roman Empire and its decline. But today we have satellites and Internet communications that almost nothing can be hidden. This is a WARNING to the U.S. Wake up!
It is also a WARNING to the many governments i.e. people who deal with corruption and accept it. It has become fashionable to eliminate the adversaries by force. More stories of corruption are coming to the news these days about the largest tabloid newspaper in Britain which is now out of print. Investigations have been launched against its billionaire owner by the British authority for immorally tapping into telephones of people. Others are hinting at corruption in the Italian government. But it seems that this is a worldwide phenomenon in spite of the U.N. Declarations about human rights! On top of the list come the dictatorships we know about in the Middle East. But the dictatorship that makes me shudder is that of the mightly dollar!
The Capitalist economic system is probably the best system today but there are millions who are still suffering poverty and now is our turn. Nor is Communism a solution! Communism was able to generate corruption and violence in the U.S.S.R. and its satellite countries. Violence is still the norm in Communist China and Cuba on the part of corrupt goverrnments. However, the distribution of wealth must be implemented to reach out to Africa and Asia. Blessed John Paul II frequently warned that Capitalist monopoly is not tenable - He suggested the Third Way!
For rich people to accept lowering of their standard of living, it takes more than regulations of the economy. It takes good will on the part of citizens and governments. We must give priority to the needs of others. This is where love shines. This is where Christ shines. It is in the hearts of the faithful that Christ reigns...We must repent! Is not that what Fatima was all about?
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Dear George;
ReplyDeleteGood article touching on so many issues; but what repent has to do with the US economy. The truce is that we are living in bubble created by our desire to multiply and fill the earth.
Drink wine have fun you are too serious.
The problem, Boudi, is that we are fond of building our own empires at the expense of the poor and the needy. In the contemprary world, America is the single superpower that has exploited entire nations through its globalization program. Of course China and Russia are also interested to be superpowers in their own terms. Morally it is unacceptable that certain countries, however powerful they are, impose their own ideologies on the rest of the world. After all, these are signatories of the U.N. Declaration for human rights. We see the collapse of economies in Europe only because they are accused of overspending. If governments are corrupt they should be brought to justice and not let the struggling people pay for their overspending. Watch CBC's Meltdown program. I will send it to you. Then you will know who was behind the global financial crisis in 2008-2010. The elite who speculate on people's money are the real culprit. And we have not yet learned the moral lesson.
ReplyDeleteGeorge Farahat