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Re:In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Oce... by gepi79 on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:04AM (#17344374)
Thanks. I agree that we should have the morality to defend Human Rights and to not tolerate poverty.

Unfortunately no state in the world respects the Human Rights for its citizens.

http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/human-rights/

IMO not progressive taxes but progressive economics and progressive politics should be implemented.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2X_Ywepzm46_uGJDfRjYeQ/vid...

IMO in a perfect world, there would be no tax and no debt but a moral government that distributes money as needed to private persons and not to banks by the central bank and by bailout programs.

E.g. https://www.forbes.com/sites/traceygreenstein/2011/09/20/the...

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Re:In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Oce... by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:16AM (#17344421)
Perfect worlds are, probably, the worst of all possible outcomes.

It is unfortunate that how the world is conducted at any point in time is largely a result of the choices of those with the most power to bring about their desires.

So it has always been and so shall it always be.

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Re:In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Oce... by nickthemagicman on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @07:53AM (#17345715)
> It is unfortunate that how the world is conducted at any point in time is largely a result of the choices of those with the most power to bring about their desires.

This is scary but true. Why are human beings so primitive?

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Re:In the Philippines, Dynamite Fishing Decimates Entire Oce... by jopsen on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @03:49PM (#17359073)
Could it at the same time be, that the less wealthy people are getting more influencial?

Certainly, democracy have made this happen... Certainly, media have made politicians more accountable... So while sure it might look bleak on a scale of 10-15 years, I would argue we are better off than in the 70ties :)

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