the global financial meltdown has been closely accompanied by the global cash injection of trillions in aid to come to the rescue of the developed world's pinstriped warriors in distress.
every day, announcements of billions, hundreds of billions of euros and dollars flooding the global banking sector in a mad dash to stave off recession; in a mad dash to stave off a constriction of economies; in a mad dash to avoid having to *gasp* tightening our belts, consuming less, and adapting to a simpler lifestyle with fewer of the material items that have come to define the developed world.
and i think of the groveling, the begging, and the pleading that has been accompanied with the plight of the extreme poor in the world; the handouts that need to be forcibly extracted under threat of imminent mass death; the pleas for survival and the realities of demise for 10,000 people every day who are simply too poor to stay alive.
i think of the outpour of massive amounts of wealth when our wasteful, extravagent lifestyle is in jeopardy; i think of the feebly trickling spigot of dollars when others are facing starvation and terribly cruel lifespans.
I think this should be a moment of reflection for us all; a moment where the glaring inequalities are even more luminous; a moment where we see our self-serving interests and the selfish attitude of most of the developed world in all of its tragic worth.
