sendler2112 said:
By the way, there are currently riots all over the planet due to the beginning of the end of growth and rampant imperialism and inequity.
There are certainly riots out there. There are riots in Hong Kong right now, with protesters holing up in a school there. There are riots in Iran involving thousands of people; reports are that ~100 people have been killed.
Let's compare them to historical riots. In 532, 30,000 people were killed in Constantinople in a riot that started in the Hippodrome. During the Rintfleisch riots in 1298 over 500 Jews were killed in rioting in Germany. In 1863, riots over conscription in the US for the Civil War killed ~1000 people. 1871 - the Paris Commune, a political group in France, started fighting with government troops, and 20,000 were killed. In 1907, a peasant's revolt in Romania turned into a riot and 11,000 people were killed. In 1919, a protest for a free Korea turned deadly; the rioting there killed 3000. In 1947 in Tawian, a woman was arrested and beaten for selling cigarettes. Outraged Taiwanese rioted and 28,000 died.
And most of those riots were due to poverty, imperialism and inequity.
Looks like we're getting better.
Most of Africa is in trouble even though the people want little more than food and water and a roof.
True. And that's been true for roughly . . . all of recorded history.
Technology has not risen up to provide adequate water for South Africa.
Agreed. (True for all of Africa, not just South Africa.) Guess we best develop that technology, eh? Even if some people mock such solutions as a "Star Trek future."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32973591
https://www.voanews.com/africa/water-filter-project-africa-gets-technology-boost
https://phys.org/news/2013-01-students-low-cost-filtering-african-nation.html
https://www.coca-colacompany.com/au/news/slingshot-inventor-dean-kamens-revolutionary-clean-water-machine.html