for the past half century poverty worldwide has been reduced drastically, and i see no reason for that trend not to continue.
public opinion on this topic continues to improve. the problem is not a lack of will in the individuals but a lack of awareness. and that is slowly changing, thanks to presentations like this one among others.
you see, just like you ridicule the belief that people can change and we can fix things, i could say:
ah, well, it is all hopeless. we will never be able to change the attitude of enough people for this to be ever successful. let's just give up. corporations will never change, and they will continue to exploit the world for their personal gain for the forseeable future.
HOW IS THAT ANY LESS DESTRUCTIVE?
nobody said anything about waiting. especially not for a savior. we all need to act. every one of us. to start holding corporations to account, and demand that they change their business practices.
that will does not come from nowhere. it comes from individual action.
i am talking to people almost every day to tell them what i am doing to improve lives of people in poverty, and what they could be doing as well.
you are free to choose to laugh at us, or you know, you could be doing something yourself as well.
the more of us become active, the sooner we can achieve a lasting change.
this is not an issue of white saviors rescuing africa. this is an issue of us colonialists cleaning up the mess that we created and are responsible for. that's why i am talking about change of trade agreements. we need to reign in our corporations and get them to stop their exploitative practices and we need to implement trade agreements that ensure that the resources we take out of africa are paid at a fair price. then it is up to african countries themselves to figure out how to invest that income to the benefit of their own people.