Secrets and Hope in Our Mad World

Early in 2017 I read George Marshall’s book ‘Don’t Even Think About It: Why We are Wired Not to Think About Climate Change’ and I decided I would think about it. And I would read about it. Then I would write about it.

I write as a 'non-expert' and I'm hoping that your comments will help me to see whether the insights I've

gained make sense, whether the conclusions stack up and whether it's realistic for me to start feeling

hopeful about the future .

May 4th - Another Thought about migration ...


Historians and economists agree that capitalism spreads - or should I say perpetuates? - inequality and the truth of this has become clear to me as I've considered economic migration.  When David Cameron insisted that the UK would welcome hard-working people who are keen to get on in life he chose to ignore the fact that by allowing, or encouraging, these people to come to the UK he is depriving their own country of precisely those in the population who would work towards bringing their own country out of poverty.  Every doctor or nurse or social worker who comes to the UK to work denies their homeland their skills and perpetuates the divide between the rich and poor countries. Its all very well giving aid to poor countries but there seems some hypocricy if, at the same time, we are creaming off the skilled and hard working young workers who should remain at home and use their skills to help improve the lives of their own countrymen.
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  1. Anonymous8 May 2013 at 12:44

    You made some good points about migration, Eileen. Another is that if it wasn't for people in "poor" countries being sold the capitalist dream, there would be far less opportunities for human trafficking. The estimate is that 2.5 million people find themselves trapped in this modern form of slavery - many of them vulnerable young women forced into the sex trade.
    David R

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