If you had to pick one, which of the world's problems would be the "dingle-berry on the butt of society?" Just curious what concerns people.
I for one vote "Kmart, definitely Kmart" (Dustin Hoffman-"Rainman"). No seriously, I would say greed is a pretty pervasive, overarching problem in the world. Be more specific in your answers if you can.
-Thanks for thinking and think 'fore thanking-
Violence. It isn't a problem amongst many in our society - we have a society that is built on and thrives on violence.
What do you think is the source, or cause, of most of the world's violence?
The state and it's favoured special interests, and this is the case in most countries. Some are better than others, but are violent and cause violence in some way or another.
State agendas, like foreign military occupations, yeah I get that. Seems to me that any group of people, much less a national government, by nature forms a contorted and complex bureaucratic system. Everyone has perspectives and beliefs which naturally lead to collective interests. I don't know
easy peasy...conflicting religious/non/spiritual beliefs
Interesting, I am curious what you mean by religious, not spiritual. What would you propose as a solution to that, one global faith or no faith?
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