The world is in "shambles." That is not just my world, but your world, his world, her world, everyone's world... We have rampant senseless though always justified war going on in a dozen places in the world (or more) with threats of more wars inching forward.
ISIS, Syria, Afghanistan, Gaza, Israel, Sudan, Ukraine,Libya, Central Africa, Congress (specifically the Congress versus the White House), and more ... are all a concern! Russia wants to be a world power again -- and willingly bullies its way to that title. ISIS wants an Islamic State where women, children and all infidels are of no value! Northern Sudan wants to exterminate Southern Sudan (now a separate country)! Everywhere the chimes of war, underpinned by the endless cries of "fatwa" and "sharia law" ring out.
And then there is "Ebola"--a disease so frightening billionaires scream at doctors to keep those infected out of "our country." As if a disease can read borders; as if somehow we in America are not deserving of such a horror!
Religious fervor and intolerance seem more to echo the political bipolarity rampant in the US. The culture war in America has become a moral war -- verging on violence over issues such as abortion, gay marriage, privacy, the death penalty, contraception, health care, support for the poor, unemployment, social security, aging, illness, and "you name it!"
The world is in a shambles; how can we fix it? Can we fix it? Can we do anything?
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