• Our world is has quickly reached the point of no return, in regards to pollution and the such. This fact has led to the situation in which third world countries planning on industrializing in hopes of raising their people's living standards are put in the position of choosing between contributing to the end of the world or letting their people continue suffering economically. Countries such as the US will be forced to stop countries that decide to industrialize, because obviously the whole world's population is at stake. Industrialization would speed up the pollution of the planet, causing global warming to be an even bigger and more imminent threat. Me and you are trapped in our roles as exploiters of the third world as long as we continue living in industrialized countries. They are trapped in the role of exploited and their only way toward economic equality with the first world has been blocked by the first world's massive destruction of the environment. The situation has no single cause, not capitalism not politicians not capitalists not rich people... The situation has arisen from the mash up of all these forces trying to get to the social "top." The only thing that seems to make sense is that hierarchy is at the core of all these problems. Can hierarchy be eroded? What would take it's place and practically provide for society's needs? Is there an even more fundamental problem beyond hierarchy? Are humans themselves the problem, living as they do in such a continually competitive mindset? These questions need to be confronted by all individuals, because the answers to these questions may very well change the course of their lives. Will you live competing your whole life, on every social level? Will you seek out knowledge regarding exploitation on these same levels? What will you do regarding them? Will you passively accept them as "the way the world is," or will you stand up against it with your life as a model for others to be inspired by?

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