Women and Men Save The World

Reposting this from 2023:  

Friday 20 January 2023

Women Save The World!

Listening to the CBC Broadcast about the rise in misogyny I am stirred to state some of the obvious factors of our world.

Women do the labour of caring for the life that needs support - health, education, cleaning, laundry. But does it matter today? Most of our resources go to bank accounts. They pay for weapons or mass destruction. They create entertainments that indicate popularity.

Right now we are hearing about lack of emergency health care and 'the news' is concerned about the kind of help we should give to Ukraine. Most of the help given to nations is about saving lives yet most of the money goes to winning the war with weapons. As humans attempt to escape violence there is the help given by people who are exploiting the refugees, demanding thousands of dollars then leaving the vulnerable in a dinghy to cross oceans.

Most of the wealth is made by men - as most of the suffering is felt by women, children and old men.

We are at risk of falling into the ideas of fascist regimes and hate groups. Stalin, Hitler, Trump have inflamed the hearts of people who have been publicly shamed for falling into that vast camp of 'losers' in the game of life.  Power is the game of winning no matter what or who is harmed. We are wowed by the lack of compassion of great warriors who destroy societies.

At a closer look we would see what is destroyed is civil societies while exalting the power of men who have created under the banner of power - disruption, violence, racism, sexism, extreme poverty, cruelty, and fear.

Fear is the main product in fascist societies because the only thing promoted is power. The power to kill millions of people, the power to display terrible tortures in public spaces.  See I am so powerful I can do whatever I want and no matter how much it harms, sickens and offends - there's nothing you can do about it, and furthermore we will create entertainments to help you feel okay about brutality.

The centuries long tradition of machismo displayed in war and the circus tells us there is nothing we can do. Even acknowledgement that our world is no more advanced than the Roman gladiators of three thousand years ago.  This is the age of great bullies.

Should women give up their role as helpmate, mother and wife? Should everyone focus on getting rich and bullying those who have less?

No. The title of this post is erroneous. The world is saved by men and women who love, care and fight against injustice. Men and women who know better than to be active pessimists. Our world is saved by the tears and heartaches of humans who have not swallowed the business model of disinterest. Those unimpressed with power for powers sake.