Who says I want the world to be a better place? Not being selfish but I’d like to think that I need to overcome my own hurdles first, if I don’t how on earth do I improve the lives of others? Remove the log from your own eye first before trying to remove the dust from your brothers eye. The world is leading it’s course as both mankind and as a natural entity and to change the minds of many others before sorting out my own personal problems seems odd to me.
My next ‘gripe’ so to speak is how do you decide what makes the world a better place? I think that nuclear power should be a major factor in the future, Greenpeace doesn’t think so. Who’s right? Are my opinions wrong? (wait, what, wrong opinions, is that even possible?). The government thinks we should stop using plastic bags entirely when they only account for a tiny percentage of the waste produced in the country.
So who’s making the world better? Those just trying to make a change on behalf of polictical views or those who are actually standing back and realising we have to change a hell of a lot to make any difference at all. Politicians think they are doing right by going to all these discussions like G8 etc. but does it make them right? They’re not right until they do something that actually makes a positive impact and change. And even then you won’t please everyone. Hell, those who don’t want coal/oil/gas are the same people who will complain when a windfarm needs to be built.
Who decides when the world is a ‘better place’. The lives of many western countries were made better when we built loads of power plants and imported a lot of nice goods. But now that China wants to build loads of power plants people are arguing against it. Are we truely making the whole world better, or are we improving it just for ourselves?