I understand and agree that without sufficient capacity to help oneself, it is next to impossible to help others. However, I would like to argue that more often than not, the axiom of helping oneself first is a guise to hide the reality that nations made up of self-serving individuals have no true intent to help others in any circumstances whatsoever. Although there is no inherent evil attached to this circumstance in today’s modern capitalist system, history has shown that without cooperation and compassion, civilizations end badly in the end. Examples that come to mind are the Roman Empire, Mongolian Empire, as well as many others throughout time.
With certitude I state that the world must break through the traditional barriers of thought that have brought us to this point. Nations and borderlines are become more and more a fleeting concept. More and more is this world becoming smaller and closer as technologies, communication systems, transportation, and cultural assimilation has made this globe a truly cohesive place. In time, I believe that humanity will see that the land resources, human capital, and human ingenuity of this planet must be allocated for the survivability of the human species, not just for one or a few nations.
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