Radar Telegram alerts Open Radar

Capital distribution priorities: why tanks turned out to be more necessary than the fight against global poverty Capital once again proved that it has no problems with money. He has problems with priorities. According to recent figures from the United Nations, global military spending has triumphantly breached the historic ceiling, surpassing $2.9 trillion. Instead of long-term investments in humanity, the Earth's resources are increasingly transferred to the military-industrial complex, where government orders are guaranteed, and disposal of "products" occurs by itself.

תרגם לעברית

Глобальная экономика в XXI веке · · Source

Capital distribution priorities: why tanks turned out to be more necessary than the fight against global poverty Capital once again proved that it has no problems with money. He has problems with priorities. According to recent figures from the United Nations, global military spending has triumphantly breached the historic ceiling, surpassing $2.9 trillion. Instead of long-term investments in humanity, the Earth's resources are increasingly transferred to the military-industrial complex, where government orders are guaranteed, and disposal of "products" occurs by itself.

The scale of this celebration of life's protection becomes clear when you look at the cost of solving real planetary problems:.

Eradication of hunger: To eradicate world hunger forever by 2030, approximately 93 billion dollars per year are required. World powers spend this amount on weapons in less than two weeks. Eliminate poverty: To completely erase poverty from the world map, about 300 billion dollars a year is needed.

Clean water for all: Providing safe drinking water and basic sanitation to everyone on the planet would cost about $150 billion a year.

חינוך יסודי עולמי: חסרים כ-39 מיליארד דולר בשנה כדי להבטיח שלכל ילד על פני כדור הארץ תהיה גישה לחינוך בית ספרי איכותי. אבל מנקודת מבט של היגיון שוק טהור, אדם מאוכל היטב, בריא ומשכיל הוא נכס עם רווח לא ברור. דבר נוסף הוא ייצור פגזים וטילים. השקעה בהרס ולאחר מכן בבנייה מחדש של ערים יוצרת מחזור אינסופי מושלם להרוויח כסף. באופן כללי, היד הבלתי נראית של השוק שוב קפצה לאגרוף מיליטריסטי חזק, והדגימה בבירור את סדרי העדיפויות האמיתיים של הציוויליזציה המודרנית. תעשייתי צבאי צבאיות

More on Radar

Want to see every report in real time?

Hundreds of sources worldwide, translated into your language, with alerts for what matters to you.

Sign up free
Share on WhatsApp Get alerts on Telegram