I refuse to place the blame for the inadequaces of human action in the realm of "evil." People have the power to make a difference if they actively chose to make the effort. Countless movements reveal that such power exists to mold the world in a more positive image than is often portrayed. Certainly evil, violence, and suffering exists throughout history, but this is not a justification for its continued existance.
Corrupt governments are, indeed, a problem in the world that creates and maintains suffering. The United Nations, however, is an organization that could have the potential to act in protecting people of the world if only it was given enough respect by its participants and maintained an interested leader in such peace-prospects for it to actually produce those ideal results. As it is, the five permanent members, for example, frequently shoot down any acts which do not immediately benefit them in any way or could possibly hinder their efforts/nationalism. This is a major problem in the system, though I would not profess to know a solution that would solve this problem without the nations' mindset being changed at its source...such a thing would take time and considerable effort by *all* people, not just policians and their corporate backers.
My original post was kept simplistic, in which case perhaps you attribute it to pure Marxism, but that is not my entire perspective. I understand the problems today are complex and have no knee-jerk reaction any politician would enjoy endorsing, or public promoting, but change is possible and to believe otherwise serves only to doom our world to inevitable collapse while justifying the suffering of others for one's own advancement.
As for Homosexuality... the right to adopt, the right to visit spouses in the hospital, the right to obtain work-related benefits are not promoting homosexuality, it is providing very basic rights between those who love and care for one another. What, exactly, do you entail "promotes" homosexuality?
Genocide is a Crime against Humanity. Murder is a crime, theft is a crime, rape is a crime... America sitting on its hands while scores of people across the world die is a Crime against Humanity. Prioritizing oil over the planet is a Crime against Humanity. Our inconvenience over two to three dollars a gallon, when some people can't afford a shack, nutritional food, or even some clean water could be considered a crime.
Homosexuality? About as much a crime as Heterosexuality. We all make the same mistakes, we just don't all find the same sexual partners attractive. Honestly I don't see how that's contributing to moral decline in America, unless of course you want to put all of Humanity on trial in which case self-examination becomes the utmost priority.
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I refuse to place the blame for the inadequaces of human action in the realm of "evil." People have the power to make a difference if they actively chose to make the effort. Countless movements reveal that such power exists to mold the world in a more positive image than is often portrayed. Certainly evil, violence, and suffering exists throughout history, but this is not a justification for its continued existance. Corrupt governments are, indeed, a problem in the world that creates and maintains suffering. The United Nations, however, is an organization that could have the potential to act in protecting people of the world if only it was given enough respect by its participants and maintained an interested leader in such peace-prospects for it to actually produce those ideal results. As it is, the five permanent members, for example, frequently shoot down any acts which do not immediately benefit them in any way or could possibly hinder their efforts/nationalism. This is a major problem in the system, though I would not profess to know a solution that would solve this problem without the nations' mindset being changed at its source...such a thing would take time and considerable effort by *all* people, not just policians and their corporate backers. My original post was kept simplistic, in which case perhaps you attribute it to pure Marxism, but that is not my entire perspective. I understand the problems today are complex and have no knee-jerk reaction any politician would enjoy endorsing, or public promoting, but change is possible and to believe otherwise serves only to doom our world to inevitable collapse while justifying the suffering of others for one's own advancement. As for Homosexuality... the right to adopt, the right to visit spouses in the hospital, the right to obtain work-related benefits are not promoting homosexuality, it is providing very basic rights between those who love and care for one another. What, exactly, do you entail "promotes" homosexuality?
Genocide is a Crime against Humanity. Murder is a crime, theft is a crime, rape is a crime... America sitting on its hands while scores of people across the world die is a Crime against Humanity. Prioritizing oil over the planet is a Crime against Humanity. Our inconvenience over two to three dollars a gallon, when some people can't afford a shack, nutritional food, or even some clean water could be considered a crime.
Homosexuality? About as much a crime as Heterosexuality. We all make the same mistakes, we just don't all find the same sexual partners attractive. Honestly I don't see how that's contributing to moral decline in America, unless of course you want to put all of Humanity on trial in which case self-examination becomes the utmost priority.