well, my point is that they are part of world economy in some way, since investment capitals from the West are flowing into a country where conditions on the ground may not ready to utilize them properly.
I still don't really see what your point is in the context of what I was saying. I said that the very shittiest countries on the planet are most often those with no infrastructure, stability, or effective government and that generally those aren't caused by anything to do with market forces or consumerism. And further that trade is one of the most surefire ways to improve a country's living conditions. Apple manufacturing shitloads of electronics in Shenzhen doesn't result in civil wars in the Congo, but it sure has improved people's quality of life in China. Mining companies would love to rape and pillage half of the Congo for resources, but they can't at this point because it's too fucking dangerous, unstable and remote to justify spending billions of dollars to build mines there.
chaos_sl said:
That's one reason this "existential crisis" crap all sounds so stupid to me.
In terms of what Vatoreus was saying, absolutely I agree. But I can totally understand existential crises from other perspectives:
-Working in a career or job that you hate
-Questioning the point of life in an infinitely large, cold, uncaring universe
-Having few or no close friends or relationships
-Being diagnosed with a terminal or otherwise serious disease (the one thing that frightens the FUCK out of me and would surely trigger an existential crisis would be an accident resulting in some form of paralysis, as being able bodied is central to so much of what I enjoy in life)
-Quitting/losing a job, contemplating a career change or retiring and wondering what to do with the rest of your life
-The death of a loved one, whether your only child, your spouse or close sibling
All of those, and I'm sure many others, could certainly cause even well adjusted, mature, productive individuals to question what the point of their existence truly is. Some might be more valid than others, they're certainly not created equally.
chaos_sl said:
Even before I had kids I knew I wanted them and I wanted to help them be the best they can. Education, morals, physically, everything.This whole "Society sucks people are vapid I'mma walk the earf" shit sounds like something I would have said in high school when I was retarded as fuck.I had no perspective, I knew a lot of facts but didn't understand the application. Now I read this stuff and think "grow the fuck up..." but in my head it is in my dad's voice and that is scary as fuck.
I agree with you on the bolded part, no question, especially because a lot of people with that viewpoint are quite simply ignorant about how things truly are, where they were, and where they're going. If you ask the average person how things are in Africa, or India, or China, or wherever they'd likely have little factual knowledge or understanding of what life there is like today vs 20 years ago. I'd wager that the majority of people think most of Africa is getting worse and worse, not better (sure, some parts are getting worse, but most aren't).
So yeah, that kind of shit is a stupid reason to have an existential crisis.
