coming of age

reflecting on the world as it stands today, it seems to me comparable to a big room with 100 children inside.  there are 110 toys in the room.  if everyone shared, every child could have a toy.  but because some of the children were born in the wrong part of the "room", their parents were toy-rich, or they are just naturally skilled at playing the toy-trading game - 20 children control 80 toys.  they rent the toys out to 50 other kids for services, these 50 kids are generally satisfying their toy needs, and some toy wants as well.  the remaining 30 kids get little or no toy time.  they spend their time crying and being lectured by the other kids that they are doing everything wrong.  of course they can't have the toys, not unless the other children can make a profit.

tragic enough for children to be without toys, but when the reality is basic human needs like food, water, shelter and medicine, when looked at in this context it seems more than merely unjust, it seems criminal.

surely, same as slavery and serfdom, humanity will eventually realise that being a selfish child / playing capitalist games causing people to die cannot continue.  it seems to me just natural logic, like a collective coming of age for humanity, to have the maturity to acknowledge there are enough toys for everyone, we are all human, we all have the right to play with toys.

and as with anything in life, nothing is for free. the right to play with toys comes with a corresponding duty to each other and future generations to ensure there are enough toys to go around, that the playing environment is safe, and that we do what we can to make future playing even more fun that it is today.