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Contemporary fight with windmills; changing systems from the inside.
To make impact in a rigged system, you need to become corrupted.
Yet again, the wars are upon the world. Military drafts, billions spent on weapons, and last but not least thousands of deaths. And why really?
I want to believe that during my lifetime, people will stop using capitalism to make everything about the money, and the good leaders will be in charge of the countries.
It’s hard to make that happen, especially in democracies, as the chosen officials are usually a mirror of the society, and as a broad society we’re not as developed. It’s hard to make it in monarchies, as they’re obsolete and have no real power anymore.
China and Russia seem to work more effectively, but their leaders are also questionable.
In general — to gain power in today’s world you need money. You need corporate support, you need to be controversial and news worthy. And here’s the problem.