I've Been Thinking

Never a good sign, I know. BUT. Some basic facts about the world have been bothering me:

- People are not equal, either in terms of opportunity to gain resources or in allocation of those resources;

- People frequently get killed in large numbers for stupid reasons;

- There is immense suffering in the world affecting millions of people RIGHT now, due to inequality, conflict, historic developments, bureaucratic blunders, greed, power struggles, etc.

- A minority of the world has loads and loads of benefits, but a really high rate of depression and other mental health problems.

-We are in the midst of perfectly avoidable economic and environmental crises; Britain alone is embroiled in two perfectly avoidable wars; Britain and America seem to have decided that their role in the Arab-Israeli conflict is to make sure that Israel can do whatever the hell it wants, but that nothing constructive actually gets done to achieve peace FOR BOTH SIDES.

- Some of the people I know care about the above listed facts. Some of them are even trying to do something about them. But the vast majority seem either not to have noticed, not to care, to like the world as it is, or to feel that they have no right/responsibility/ability to do anything about any of it.

- It seems quite standard for people to randomly identify ethnic groups as responsible for some or all of the above, rather than noticing that it's a question of basic inequality, unsustainability and injustice worked into the very fabric of society at local, national and international level.

Anyone got any ideas on how to make sense of/do something about any or all of the above???