Well, akenaton, here would be my solutions to the world's problems...if it's solutions people here want. Or do we just want to bitch and vent our frustrations? ;-)

We ALL want the truth. Correct? Okay, so number one, the politicians and news media and everyone in charge need to start telling people the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about everything that is going on and why. The truth WILL set people free.

That was no. 1.

2. We need to end poverty since poverty creates much crime and social desperation and also fuels many military conflicts. There would have to be a concerted effort to end poverty around the world. This could be done by (a) providing better education for people in any place where they need it (while respecting the local culture) and (b) providing useful work for those people, work that is not harmful to others nor to the natural environment...and that brings us to no. 3...

3. We need a worldwide worker's Bill of Rights so that people in all parts of the world get paid a similar comparable wage for similar comparable effort and accomplishment. I don't mean that everyone gets paid the same wage! I mean that if you are a miner in India, you get paid the same actual wage in real purchasing power where you live that a miner in Russia or the UK or America gets paid.

4. We need an end to war and general disarmament of most of our more destructive weaponry. We need an end to imperialism by larger nations over smaller ones.

Hmmmm. Now how could all of the above be achieved? It would require that our leaders be motivated by idealism to help all humanity, not by power-seeking or monetary gain. Hmmm!

And it would require a public who can rise above mere selfishness and narrow parochialism to a genuine desire to assist all their fellow human beings and to heal the damage that's been done to the planet.

In short, everyone would have to grow up emotionally and rise to the best that is within them.

Now...how do we do that? ;-)

I try to do the best I can by making my own life a good and harmless one. I figure that's my angle of effectiveness on the whole thing. One changes the world by changing oneself, in my opinion.

There are a few people in this world who act powerfully to change many in a more positive direction. At one time such people were termed "saints". I'm all for that, and I salute their efforts when their efforts yield positive results.