Civilization and resources

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Switching between the developed and the developing world last year has made me more aware on the innate differences among people – while currently reading “The Starvation Experiment” – a study on 36 male volunteers who restricted their daily calories and the short-term and long-term consequences of their act –  I came to realize how much does civilization depend on the abundance of resources.

Justice and so-called equality among people can only exist in rich countries – as survival itself is a social thing – once resources drop, competition increases and violence take its toll – why else would ghettos be so unsafe?

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