Sunday, March 24, 2013

"A Modest Proposal" to Third World Countries
The category of third world, or undeveloped countries includes most of Africa, some of South America, and parts of Asia. In these parts of the world, people have to live in crude, uncivilized, and unsanitary conditions such as outdoor huts or tents without plumbing or running water or even electricity. The citizens these countries produce rarely have more than a few years of elementary education, which causes little technological advances. First world countries don't want to invest in these poor countries because there is no chance of improvement due to this lack of education. This is an imbalance in the world. Technology is so advanced: in America we have phones that we can talk to, but in Africa some people have never even seen a phone. As human beings, we should realize this is unjust and try to level the opportunity for everyone on the earth. Some try to instill better education in Third World counties, but this is pointless.  Third World countries are already so far behind the rest of the world, there is not possible way to bring them all to our level. I propose a better solution that will put everyone on an equal level in education and will save money and resources: every country should stop educating its citizens. It is much easier to keep everyone uneducated than it is to keep everyone up to date with the best and most useful knowledge. Millions of dollars go towards education in America alone, and even all American citizens don't earn college degrees or graduate from high school! The only objection I can possibly think of to be raised is that the world needs educated people to maintain its status of technology and craft. Of course, there will have to be a specified group of educated people to keep the world running, which can be selected by an IQ test or something else that measures learning ability and capacity. To be fair, each country can submit its brightest citizens to oversee and carry out jobs that require skill, like medicine, science, etc. The rest of the population will be capable of doing simple tasks and manual labor, and will be paid equally. It is the only way to give everyone an equal opportunity. I truly cannot think of a better solution to this injustice of our world.

1 comment:

  1. Wow, I really like your take for a "modest proposal"! Your idea to stop education is logically indisputable, yet ethically unsound, which mirrors the satire of Swift's piece perfectly. Awesome post!

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