country Budget (billion)
World $1100
Usa $623
China $65
Russia $50
France $45
UK $42.8
Japan $41.75
Germany $35.1
Italy $28.2
South Korea $21.1
India $19
saudi Arabia $18
Australia $16.9
Turkey $12.2
Brazil $9.9
Spain $9.9
Canada $9.8
Israel $9.4
Netherland $9.4
Taiwan $7.9
Mexico $6.1
Greece $5.9
SingaPore $5.6
Sweden $5.5
North Korea $5.0
Iran $4.3
Pakistan $4.3
Belguim $4.0
Norway $4.0
How insecure are we in a world that spends more than one trillion dollar every year in the name of defense. The table above shows the first twenty nine countries among most insecure nations. How ironic is the fact that increase in the defense spending may induce a false impression about external security but leaves the country more insecure internally.
One in every five of the 6 billion people in the world live in abject poverty, 1.2 billion are struggling to survive on less than dollars 1 a day. Following is the interesting shortfall.
• $19 billion is the annual shortfall to eliminate starvation and malnutrition globally.
• $12 billion is the annual shortfall to provide education for every kid on earth.
• $15 billion is the annual shortfall to provide access to water and sanitation.
• $23 billion is the annual shortfall to reverse the spread of AIDS and Malaria
**What if tomorrow all the leaders of the world announce that there will be no more standing army for any country, there will be no more wars, all the money being spent on defense will be spent to create a true egalitarian society. Does this utopia creates euphoria **
it is mere corruption of the affluent since that affluence was and is ill begotten. and yet we know that what goes up, does come down.
and that is what happened with russia.
in terms of countries' unreasonable budgets, the thing is there are so many cooks in the kitchen, off the record and on books that are bribed, and have a buddy system of back scratching of each other, that all these politician men, are bigoted, vested in having known so much crap of each other's tyranny on the nation they were supposed to serve that it does not matter what the figures indicate - an alarming situation, and what the propaganda and lobbying is geared up and sustained to achieve.
at the end, each and every one is still unsafe among the arrogant elites, the world leaders from kings to presidents and other officials in govt'al machinery.
the civil lot is the one who earns money, and then pays taxes - which in an other transparent tax collecting systems would have been fine, but in the world as we know it, it is what is fuel and fodder for the defense expense.
someone - conscientious citizens will have to come up with a corrective scheme.
and perhaps then, this euphoric utopia for affluent s being invincible will fall flat on its face.
what do you think, on the query your posted?
^ Duswari
I can not agree more. The only reality that scares me is that "today's rebel becomes tomorrows tyrant" A scheme for an enduring and self sustainable egalitarian society is yet to be conceived.
When ever some one tries to say "No" to Guns, The one with the Gun takes over the control and silences the tongue that dares to say "NO"
*What if tomorrow all the leaders of the world announce that there will be no more standing army for any country, there will be no more wars, all the money being spent on defense will be spent to create a true egalitarian society. *
so, the tyranny is only as effective as it is made to be, right?
all evils are reducible to nothing, if the right people are in places.
the egalitarian society is not a distant dream. it is a vision that does require a persisting work force.
and when that is there, then, there may even not be a need for a govt.
just a personal opinion.
best,
dushwari
^ Dushwari
I can not agree more. The only reality that scares me is that "today's rebel becomes tomorrows tyrant" A scheme for an enduring and self sustainable egalitarian society is yet to be conceived.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. so we should let him zobo mobo kid :) shall we :?
u said pleasure, and we human can never seek pleasure standing on rather an extreme end. even if we do, its in human nature to share their pleasure with otherz. but to do that they have to lower themselves.
In other words, balance is euphoria. where as in this case, the very first step is wrong that is of seeking Utopia. and IntelliPhant this is my answer!
so, the tyranny is only as effective as it is made to be, right?
all evils are reducible to nothing, if the right people are in places.
the egalitarian society is not a distant dream. it is a vision that does require a persisting work force.
and when that is there, then, there may even not be a need for a govt.
just a personal opinion.
best,
dushwari
Evil intentions ,like matter, never vanish, you reduce it to nothing here and it will erupt someplace else in a new form. Right people don't stay right for long, power and money are absolute agents of corruption. I agree egalitarian society is not a distant dream, it happened it past , it will happen in future, but it wouldn't not be enduring. If there is no Govt, there will be chaos, a breeding ground for evil to flourish.
u said pleasure, and we human can never seek pleasure standing on rather an extreme end. even if we do, its in human nature to share their pleasure with otherz. but to do that they have to lower themselves.
In other words, balance is euphoria. where as in this case, the very first step is wrong that is of seeking Utopia. and IntelliPhant this is my answer!
My question to u is why do u want UTOPIAN WORLD?
I don't seek "Utopian world", what I am hoping for is considered Utopia. And Balance is not euphoria, balance is a base for gratification, euphoria is ephemeral and lasts as long as the conditions for euphoria exist.
so, there is no hope in honest to God, personal accountability?
best,
Dushwari
Evil intentions ,like matter, never vanish, you reduce it to nothing here and it will erupt someplace else in a new form. Right people don't stay right for long, power and money are absolute agents of corruption. I agree egalitarian society is not a distant dream, it happened it past , it will happen in future, but it wouldn't not be enduring. If there is no Govt, there will be chaos, a breeding ground for evil to flourish.
so, there is no hope in honest to God, personal accountability?
best,
Dushwari
I am not pessimist, I am being pragmatic. Hope in Allah reflects the strength of our faith , and I have a very strong faith that our actions are being watched, recorded and observed with the gravity of impact ,we stand accountable for what we say, do, intend, and impact of all. Impunity is not a word in Allah's (SWA) dictionary, but he is Raheem at the same time.. Having said that, I have an understanding that this world is not a place for rewards of our deeds. Our actions may or may not bring the intended results.
"And when the Last Hour dawns, (mankind) will be separated one from the other. Those who have believed and done good works shall rejoice in a Garden and those who have disbelieved and denied Our Revelations and the meeting of the life to come, shall be delivered up for punishment." *
(Quran, 30:11-16)
Accepting the inevitable is an important and indispensable mechanism of psychological defense against our frustration. **The hope in honest to God* is the faith that if not in this mortal world, he will be blessed with the reward in a life hereafter. But again, faith in the life hereafter does not, and should not, stop us from striving for virtue against vice, brightness against dark and the struggle for the weak against all powerful
Intelliphant, Allash swt always asked of humankind to be responsive of its own actions. there is very little in teh way of it being obsolved of any self check or accountability, if anything.
this assertion that our actions may or may not become us the intended results is a justification for external factors.
persistence and not letting go, without being possessive, i feel, is a better way to bring a good result to yourself.
if one is hoenst and dealing with others with honesty, if the work gets does honestly, then there is no shocking and disappointing return of investment, if you will, on your own free willed actions and intentions.
Quranic ayaat are in deed a great source of prophesy for eternal rewards and punishments, but no where in Quran, Allah swt admonishes to let loose all one's self determination and throw one's burden on Allahswt . if inevitable is even day of judgement, it does not preclude one from being forthright for all one's life-time.
last statement is true and i concur on that, indeed.
best,
Dushwari
shall we :?