As I picked up Sachs' book, I was kind of excited to read it and thought to myself, "hmmm, this looks interesting." But the small print and tiny font distracted me from the message as I tried to read it. Once I got past the tiny words, I found it rather interesting...but unrealistic.
Jeffery Sachs believes that we can one day end world poverty. And although he repeats over and over again that his views and calculations are extremely optimistic, I feel as if he can't say that enough. To end world poverty is a big responsibility, and it's not that we don't have the ability to do it now, the question is: are we willing to do it at all?
Sachs said that this effort begins with individuals. But our discussion in class confirmed my pessimistic idea that it requires more than individual effort. Soon it will have to move past the individual level to the corporate level. And here is where the cycle begins. In order to end poverty, citizens need to trust those who have the resources to do such. And because many of these institutions, which have the resources and money to build schools and factories, are the main stream companies that have robbed its own in the past, it's hard to trust them and know that they are looking out for the people. Therefore people do not trust them. And because this effort must be a united one, a problem remains. It seems almost impossible for the people to trust those with the power. How do we learn to trust those who were the cause of our ruin in the first place?
He also said that these efforts can only be achieved if no great catastrophe occurs during these years. This again is unrealistic. As Christians it is hard to believe that the worst is over. The Bible clearly says "in the last days perilous times will come" (2 Tim 3:1). That doesn't sound too pleasant. I believe that there are those or even organizations that can make this effort possible in no time. The problem is: they don't want to. Those who actually care don't have the resources, and those who have the resources don't actually care.
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7 months ago
I like your last line even though it's highly pessimistic. If institutions and organizations are really just composites of the people within, perhaps the answer is to work to improve the organization of which you are a part - a church, an employer, a community.
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