DW: Coronavirus pandemic exposes global inequalities, says UN chief
UN chief Antonio Guterres has taken aim at rich countries for failing to help the developing world through the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic, he said, has revealed the "delusion that we live in a post-racist world."
The coronavirus has brought the world to "breaking point," exposing deep global inequalities and discrimination across societies, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday.
Delivering a lecture for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the head of the UN compared the pandemic to an "x-ray" that has revealed "fractures in the fragile skeleton of the societies we have built."
"It is exposing fallacies and falsehoods everywhere: The lie that free markets can deliver health care for all ... the delusion that we live in a post-racist world. The myth that we are all in the same boat."
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WNU Editor: And what will be the organization that will manage this new global "inequitable system" .... the UN of course.
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7 comments:
So when did the Communists take over the UN?
Why don't the wealthy nations just give all their money to African nations and watch while Africa wastes it all in an orgy of gluttony and extravagance, then one year later they will be crying for more, but the wealth nations will be wealthy no longer, and will descend into darkness along with Africa?
Anon (12:51)
Well said!! Actually the entire system is inequitable. It's been stacked against America from the start.
Per a review of ActBlue Texas disbursements via the website TransparencyUSA.org, there are hundreds of individuals being paid by ActBlue Texas for similar small amounts (e.g. $300 or $250) who are not candidates running for office.
In total, ActBlue Texas has paid out $9.6 million in disbursements.
We have no idea who most these people are.
Democrats are paying for riots.
But B Poster is good with act Blue Texas paying rioters.
Плакат, ты шлюха. Не беспокойся об Америке. Беспокойся о Путине и твоей России. Мы знаем вас такими, какие вы есть. И обратите внимание, что вы не можете ответить на этот мой комментарий, потому что вы отдадите свой русский фон ... так что тогда: трахайте вас
I think the argument has validity. I've been both in the 1% (or higher) and I've been poor/ broke. It is extremely hard if not impossible to escape poverty.
Particularly if you don't have a good social security net and even then it takes years and years to get back in the game.. it's an inconvenient truth but it's a painful reality I know very well. The unrest you see around the globe are a mere reflection of the economic injustices. The poor get poorer in a crisis, debt is not forgiven. But the rich get also richer.
Jeff Bezos made a cool 10 billion in the first few months of the pandemic. Of course he's hard working and intelligent, no one would argue that. But.. he's not literally 10,000-1,000,000 times more intelligent or hard working, yet his wealth suggests so.
This is one of the many issues. Or think of Bloomberg. Did you hear him speak at the presidential debate?omg.. he's 60,000 times a millionaire. Yet you wouldn't be able to tell him apart from an idiot you meetin a bar. Unimpressive is a flattering statement for him. But he made his first riches in the 70s and then compounded his wealth. But the poor have no compounding ladder.. only an escalator leading downhill and it's not fair at all. Take it from someone who has seen both sides. If the current economic system isn't reformed people -will- revolt and it won't stop at protesting. Especially not if the rich take pictures of their wealth, put it on Instagram, get money as "influencers", while making the utterly poor envious. It won't end well. If we want to keep capitalism, and I do, as it has lifted billions out of extreme poverty world wide, we need to reform it. That's the tricky bit. The rich do not want that, it'll take a magic trick or a lot of goodwill and I don't believe in the former and barely seen the latter.
My prediction: there will be massive unrest and bloodshed if we don't proactively address this issue - and for all races, all genders. Not just for blacks. Not just for women. For all creeds.
Anon (1:07),
Actually I'm not good with rioters at all. Peaceful protests that don't infringe upon the rights or movement of others are fine. Rioting/looting is not. I think I've made this clear. Perhaps you should read my posts here un their entirety before making any conclusions about what I'm okay with. Since rioting/looting is unacceptable, obviuosly paying such people wouldn't be something I'd support.
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