>> You are got going to get the middle classes, the average parent on side by talking about some peasant farmer half way around the world. They cannot imagine it, it does not seem real.
This is a major problem with our societies IMHO. People must be made to realise that the policies they vote for are killing people around the world, in their thousands and tens of thousands. But as long as their kid doesn't smoke a joint then it must all be ok, because drugs are bad. What those other people do is up to them. Never mind that your kid is actually giving money to a mexican or colombian cartel, and then your government sends some people over there to destroy their crops and land as retaliation...
Unfortunately you are right, and making sure the argument addresses their lives directly is the only way to change it.
>people must be made to realise that the policies they vote for are killing people around the world
A failure of the so called "free press" that does not delve into the root causes of issues. When the news talks about going to war to "protect our interests", it is not explained what this means.
When a brutal dictator must be removed, it is not explained how they consolidated power so profusely and with whose help.
When the horrors of the Mexican cartels are shown (quite rarely for British news considering the death rate) the logical conclusions are not drawn.
And the average person does not ask questions, just consume what they are told
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Based on mainstream news outlets and using my parents as a base for my generalisations
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But the status quo must benefit some, otherwise it would be changed.
This is a major problem with our societies IMHO. People must be made to realise that the policies they vote for are killing people around the world, in their thousands and tens of thousands. But as long as their kid doesn't smoke a joint then it must all be ok, because drugs are bad. What those other people do is up to them. Never mind that your kid is actually giving money to a mexican or colombian cartel, and then your government sends some people over there to destroy their crops and land as retaliation...
Unfortunately you are right, and making sure the argument addresses their lives directly is the only way to change it.
Sad.