Celebreties Kind of Suck

Around 85% of the earth’s population is live in the state of poverty. Why is this? Are we allowed to blame poor people for their own mess? Is it their fault they been lazy, made poor decisions, and were not able to accumulate enough wealth to support a “standard” way of living? What about their governments? Have they pursued policies that actually harm successful development? Such causes of poverty and inequality are real without a doubt real. But deeper and more global causes of poverty are often less discussed. Behind the promises that globalization ensure – that we will are all interconnected and will help each other out, are global decisions, policies, and standardized practices. These great decisions can only be executed and formulated by the rich and powerful. These can be leaders of rich countries or other global actors such as multinational corporations, institutions, and influential people. In the face of such enormous external influence, the governments of poor nations and their people are left powerless. As a result, in the global context, a few get wealthy while the majority struggle. I’ve been raised in a rather competitive atmosphere. One where the general consensus that “No one can be better off without someone becoming worse off’ can be taught. It’s RIGHT THERE in my business textbook and it makes me sick. It makes it all so much worst that it’s terrifyingly true.
We’re all going to come out of university and join the marching glorified followers whom we used to condemn for the mistreatment and continued devaluation of others lives through the ruthless gathering of wealth. It is sickening in knowing that the world is a place where we let people starve yet celebrities are the golden specks and aspirations in our eyes. Almost half the world lives on less than $2.50USD a day, the GDP of the 41 of the poorest countries is less than the wealth of eitght of the highest earning actors combined. 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day). And most of the media isn’t even focused on these issues! Instead, the media brings light to the deflation of a certain celebrity’s implants! And I have to admit, I buy tabloids and read them religiously…SHAME!

special note to Jackie: this excludes Brangelina