Tears are not enough for this.

You know, it's funny. I always tell my students one thing. I tell them that once they truly understand it - they will understand almost everything. They will know why things are the way they are, they will gain a new perspective. I tell my students, "money equals power".We think we understand the power of money, but ultimately we barely even brush the surface. We don't even begin to see te depth of that truth.Money is power. Money is the power to do - or not do. Money is the root of all conflict. ALL conflict. Why is Africa in so much trouble? Money. And not even the contemporary power struggles prompted by economic instability. Africa got the short end of the stick when the grand push of empire arrived on her shores. When Britain looked around, realised that the economic security it had maintained for long was being threated. All those other countries (the US, Germany, Italy) were industrializing, Britain no longer had such an enormous advantage, and because part of their policy was to have self-sustaining colonies so British citizens wouldn't be financially responsible for empire - they realized they needed more colonies, and Africa was a rich opportunity.Money gave them the power. The quest for even more money gave them the motivation.Current global economic policy is a big fat sham.The world is going to hell and we're sitting here watching it happen. Why? Because we don't fully understand nor appreciate the power of money. The power of money as motivation. In some ways we're back to the industrial revolution. We're back to the very world that prompted the writings and political theory of Marx and his kind. Simply on a much larger scale. It is a world of "haves" and "have nots". But the gap is ever widening.I think you'll find this article interesting. Have you ever read Paul Ehrlich's "The Population Bomb"? I'm not suggesting you do, it is enough to do your head in. Basically, be predicted that there would be such a rapid growth of population that all available resources would vanish - be outstripped. A lot of it is crap. But basically, this other guy comes along, Norman Borlaug. Norman is the father of the Green Revolution, which was an agricultural revolution that took place in the 60's and 70's. Norman won a Nobel Prize for his work - and perhaps his greatest legacy is dwarf wheat. Standard wheat was top heavy, which meant it fell, rotted, and there wasn't a sufficient yield.In the end, the reason it was crap, is because the concept of finite resources doesn't take human nature into consideration. Human nature. The human condition. Advances in technology. Our skills at adapting. Things become scare, costly, and we seek alternatives.How do we do that? Money. Money gives us the power to do that, further widening the gap between the haves and have nots. Alright. I could go on forever about this, so this seems like as good of a place as any to end my tangent.