No. 1 - As police brutality against minorities continues to reach a boiling point, many are divisive in their opinion of what qualifies as justifiable action.
No. 2 - The ongoing debate on whether or not refugees fleeing from Syria should be allowed to enter other countries.
No. 3 - The fight against ISIS is causing increased hysteria among normally rational individuals as the terrorist group continues to wreak havoc across the globe, heightening the public's fears about homeland security in the process.
No. 4 - Poverty is still not receiving the necessary media coverage to instill a sense of empathy across the globe.
No. 5 - The deforestation of Haiti and Brazil is frightening because we depend on these animals and their contributions to their respective environments. By destroying the very same environment we depend on, we are jeopardizing not just our own future, but the generation ahead will bear the burden, too.
Top Solutions
No. 1 - Every police officer who has the ability to make arrests and/or have the ability to take away a life should be outfitted with a bodycam.
No. 2 - Increase the message to ISIS that we will not back down to terrorist organizations who use violence to accomplish their goals. With the influential power of social media, we can start a global campaign to deter individuals from joining ISIS.
No. 3 - Encourage networks to shed a bit more coverage of poverty. Why care about impoverished individuals? These are individuals who have faced a wide range of both internal and external conflicts, which has, ultimately, diminished their ability to provide invaluable human capital.
No. 4 - Any nation that has the available resources to accommodate refugees should be obligated to accept refugees because it isn't fair to discriminate against an entire group of individuals based on their religious beliefs.
No. 5 - Disarm all nuclear weapons.
Justification
I chose my top problem because I feel like this is a global issue that could be easily resolved. How is this a global issue? Whenever lives are being taken, without any sense of accountability, there's an issue at stake. As noted by the ACLU, a nonpartisan non-profit organization, "much interest in the technology stems from a growing recognition that the United States has a real problem with police violence. In 2011, police killed six people in Australia, two in England, six in Germany and, according to an FBI count, 404 in the United States." Needless to say, the evidence is mounting against those who say that officials' behavior is always justifiable.
I chose my top solution because it's a win-win for both sides: the police and the people. Some people may disagree, but sometimes seeing is believing. However, when you throw people into the equation, you tend to get a varying account of what actually happened. Unfortunately, when people are asked to retell what they saw, their perception of what they truly saw is highly subjective and biased. You could literally test this out with a simple Rorschach test. Thanks to modern day technology, we no longer have to rely on contrasting statements because technology lacks the ability to distort the truth. I hate to bring up the recently acclaimed Netflix series, Making a Murderer, into the discussion, but the shows demonstrates a common sentiment among less privileged people.
Rrand,
ReplyDeleteI thought you came up with a very detailed and unique list. Although we didn't have technically any similar top 5 problems, we had similarities in our ideas about global terrorists affecting the world as well as environmental problems. I also like how you put police brutality on your list of world problems because that is a big problem nowadays, but I don't know if there's an easy solution to that problem like you outlined. The other solutions were well thought out.
You can look at my post here
http://jamesdonigan.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-world-problems.html
You came up with a very interesting list. In my opinion, your number one problem will be a problem for as long as we live. As much as we all want it to go away, there is always going to be a fight against race. Everyone needs to throw color out of the picture and treat each other as individuals. Your ranking of the solutions is a good realistic list. I enjoyed reading your post. Great job!
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