Midland Post
Service without prejudice
Granted that the argument can be made that the poor are more likely than the wealthy to commit street crime, it is also true that the wealthy are much more likely than the poor to commit white-collar, or better put, organized, crime, which, as easily demonstrable can be much more harmful than street crime.
… the United States accounted for nearly 40 percent of military expenditures by countries around the world in 2022-and the country now spends more on defense than the next 10 countries combined, with 750 overseas military bases spread across 80 countries. This intricate web of forces fortifies the dollar’s position, much like the Latin-speaking Roman priests once held a monopoly over the interpretation of Scripture, the right to collect and distribute the tithe and grant forgiveness for sin.
Nigeria currently does not have any launch system in development and relies on Chinese and Russian rockets to launch its satellites into orbit. Yet, Nigeria is promising to launch its first astronaut by the year 2030!
* Nigeria is not a poor country yet millions are living in hunger *The combined wealth of Nigeria’s five richest men - $29.9 billion - could end extreme poverty at a national level yet 5 million face hunger
... Among other things, most economists believe that we humans are self-interested, rational, essentially individualistic, and prefer more money to less. These articles of faith are taken as self-evident.