I was thinking about the situation in Egypt and their very dire state. Recall that they do not have any of the elements that will be required for the future. Obama and Rev. Wright both see the future where those who are rich have to share their wealth with the poor. The reason that the title of this Blog is the California Gold Rush is that when wealth in the form of gold was discovered in California in 1849, people came from all over the world to grab as much gold as they could. The only difference between what Obama and Rev. Wright want is that in the case of the Gold Rush wealth was shared with the whole world. It happened. We shared the wealth of America with people all over the world even though they had no real claim on the gold. My point is that Egypt is one of the first examples since Hatti where the future has come early. Most people feel that the earth quake was what caused the problem in Hatti, but it was exactly the same as Egypt. They ran head on into the future and it was not a prity picture.
What would happen if people could move from their self made hell hole to better places? Would it be fair? Smart kids have been moving from country to country for years by going to college or joining the army. Others are just crossing borders against the laws, as in Mexico. We have about 25 million illegal Mexicans in the USA now. With their breeding paterns, they will account for about 25% of our population in just a few years. Right now Mexican kids from illegals account for almost half the new births. Egypt has over 80 mmillion people and most would like to move to some place where there is more food and opportunities. I can't blame them for wanting a better life, but I also want a better life for my kids just as my forefathers did when they built the country. I feel that if I let these Mexicans and Egyptians move into the USA, I would be letting down the hard work and scrafices that my forefathers paid for me. I know that we all have different views on this serious subject.
What we need to do is to have some kind of public debate on how to deal with failed countries like Mexico, Egypt and Hatti. Most of us would like to send them food and aid, but in the long run, this is not a real solution. It only makes things worse. All of these countries existed for thousands of years in equalibrium with nature. Their populations were much lower and the life expectancy was much shorter. When we spend large amounts of resources to "extend" a life beyond its productive limit, we risk the future of the whole. This is the situation in Egypt. They don't have many resources to work with so they need to get their population down. China saw this over 40 years ago and limited each family to only one child. This seemed very harsh to most people, but ask Egyppt, Mexico and Hatti what they think.
Why is it that we never hear anyone talking about over population as the biggest risk for the human race. We seem to look at how we can grow more food or discover new sources of energy. These are not solutions. They only delay the reconning and make that eventual reconning much more difficult. What advise or plan would you propose as to how to fix the situation in Hatti? Notice that the Domenican Republic doesn't have the problems that Hatti does, yet they share the same island. In the case of Egypt, they are rioting to get their "freedom". When the French left Hatti and gave the slaves their "freedom", was that the solution? I don't think so. People feel that "freedom" is the solution, but it is not.
What we need to realize is that the Gold Rush is over. We can't let people who have ruined soiled their own beds to come here and do the same in our beds.
