The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135264   Message #3084792
Posted By: SINSULL
29-Jan-11 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Middle East Unrest
Subject: RE: BS: Middle East Unrest
I have been toying with an idea - what if the internet allowed impoverished people all over the world to unite and force a fairer distribution of wealth and resources?
Fifty years ago, I would have laughed at the concept. Now, poverty doesn't necessarily mean illiteracy. Put poverty, literacy, and the ability to communicate together and...
The world would turn upside down, at least for a while. I am not suggesting that this is a goal I would pursue just musing over the possibility.
We here in the US would probably lose the most. We have had it for so long.
Mary