[Buddha-l] Scarcity of resources and Us v Them

[donna Bair-Mundy]

Aloha,
   Yes, which is why I talked about political will in my earlier post.

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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, JKirkpatrick wrote:

> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:39:35 -0600
> From: JKirkpatrick <jkirk at spro.net>
> Reply-To: Buddhist discussion forum <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
> To: 'Buddhist discussion forum' <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Scarcity of resources and Us v Them
> 
> Thing is, it's not the issue of how much food the world can
> produce, but who and what controls its distribution and access to
> it. And not just food: clothing, shelter, employment........
> That's where the elites come in, no matter the country.
>
> JK
> _________________________
>
> On Behalf Of donna Bair-Mundy
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:55 PM
>
> Aloha,
>   Although I deleted the post, thinking I would not reply, I
> would like to respond to the notion that scarcity of resources
> perpetuates the us-versus-them dichotomy.
>   If the post had said that resources are finite that would, of
> course, be true.  But I cannot agree that they are scarce.
>   I remember taking a course in my undergraduate days back in
> the 1960s in which it was pointed out that the world (at that
> time) produced enough food to feed the entire human population.
> What was lacking was the political will to feed the entire human
> population.
>
>
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