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Originally Posted by spellbanisher
If anything, we have too much access, not too little. Maybe we would know about these things, maybe we would even care enough to do something about these things, if we didn't waste every free hour watching television and movies, reading magazines and junk novels, listening to pop music, playing video games, and pissing away time on internet surfing. If anything our unparalleled access to information has been a distraction from things that matter, not a gateway to a better future.
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This sense of entitlement is a part of our culture. We have zoos because we all think we're entitled to see an African elephant or a giant panda whenever we want, and the animals aren't entitled to freedom. A lot of the problems you mention in third world countries are because we feel entitled to whatever resources those countries hold. You can blame the corporations, but if we weren't buying what those corporations are selling, that would end their incentive to destroy so many people's lives.