It is a false dichotemy
to say that you cannot strive to further the achievements of humanity if there are other problems that still exist.
You should do both, further humanity while at the same time raising the living conditions of the lowest in society.
In other news: man in a nice shirt makes money singing on TV about poor people.
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to say that you cannot strive to further the achievements of humanity if there are other problems that still exist.
You should do both, further humanity while at the same time raising the living conditions of the lowest in society.
In other news: man in a nice shirt makes money singing on TV about poor people.
( , Sun 31 May 2020, 12:33, Share, Reply)
He wasn't suggesting you couldn't do both. The poem highlighted the incongruity of celebrating cutting edge technological advancement in a society where basic inequalities are still baked into the system.
In other news, US President makes inflammatory comments and goes off to watch a space rocket launch, while his country burns. I'd say Gill Scott-Heron is sadly still bang on the money.
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