RE: Why does evil thrive in our present world?
Hi @ogoowinner, trust you are doing well,
You see, this is an important message, I can see you directing it to Nigerians, my sister you've made a cogent point so far, ranging from those question that you later answered
You asked,
Why are cruelty and selfishness ruling our world? Why the brutal killings? Why the racism? Why the oppression? Why do humans behave as if they have total control over the affairs of this life? Why the pride and arrogance? Why the backstabbing and betrayal? Why the hatred? Why the envy?
But you answered it here
not everyone looking like a human is truly human.
The earlier we no the essence of existence the better, you see, if only we understand that you can't leave the whole world by yourself, then you'll know that what you needed to do his not evil.
You forgot to add that, "greediness is evil too*, if anybody is leaving at the expense of others, it also greediness..... We cant have it all my sister, have what you can have and leave the rest, even what you have too should be shared between those that can strive hard.... Equality can be in the whole earth but the fact that you have more gives you responsibility to give more.
But I like it more when you said evil should not be paid with evil......
The fact is, an eye for an eye may get us all blind (Probably I should make a post out of this)
@honourmaus (Da Motivator)
You beat me to the quote that an eye for an eye could make the whole world go blind, but that is ok. There has always being evil in the world, but I guess more efficient information dissemination seemed to have highlighted it. Truth be told some are poor due to their actions or inactions, but many are trapped in what I would like to call a vicious cycle. Eg, a boy born into a very poor family who finds it hard to eat once in a day has a reduced chance (but still has a chance) of being successful compared to the people born with the proverbial golden spoon in their mouth. This vicious cycle could be broken, many already have while others are in the process of doing it.
The evil of the world is something that would always be here, the only thing is to try to not be a part of those perpetrating the evil. At least if we cannot fix the situation, leaving it without contributing to the problem could help. As long there is good, evil would exist in one form or the other. I'm not trying to the gloom evangelist here, just a guy that knows how the world works.
@ogoowinner I hope your siblings have joined steemit now, not everyone is quick to embrace a new thing, some are just too stuck in their old ways to try new things. But after seeing it works would jump in. I have introduced up to 20 people here, only a handful of them is still here, some just hate any form of work. To such people they are irredeemable, you just do what you can and leave it up to them to either work or not.
The government is the people, to those owing the ten months salary, there are relatives of those being owed in the helm of the affairs, if the people refuse to ask for what is entitled to them, it could keep happening. Power belongs to the people but funny enough the people tend to forget this awesome fact. If the people are united in their purpose and idea, nothing could stop them.
Ideas are bulletproof and nothing could kill it, you can blackmail, suppress or slow down an idea, but killing it is not just an option.
Keep hope alive. Keep steeming. ✌️