Today my six year old daughter asked me why we can't go to the beach at night. I replied that the world is not like it used to be, there are lots of bad people now.
She replied: "Why don't you change it Daddy?"
I answered: "Change what Sweety?"
To which she surprised me by saying:
"Change the world; you're the magic man Daddy, you can change it, all you need is money."
At age six she already understands that change requires a person to act and have a backing of resources to enable them to execute the change.
Allow me to disagree...
The greatest personalities that changed the world, have done it with sacrifices... not money...
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I like the title.
Money without the necessary drive is useless. Massive drive usually, but not always arises out of a combination of 1. intense curiosity/intelligence/creativity, 2. abject suffering, 3. greed/hoarding, 4. desire to dominate others 5. Pure rebelliousness and autonomous free-thinking 6. a desire to improve things for the betterment of all.
What's the end of this story?
It can be a combination of all these things but I do feel that intense suffering is one of the root causes of wanting to possess enormous amounts of power. Or, intense suffering can swing the other way and it can become the fuel to go on a mission to disrupt the forces that caused the original suffering. Vandana Shiva is an example of a rare intelligence that exists for the common good, for the future of nature and life itself.
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interesting discussion here, William Wilberforce who changed our western world drastically, had much backing, but many of those who inspired and worked with him, did not. I guess one uses what they have on hand, if they have the desire.
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All the replies herein are very well thought out, I'm glad I inspired an intellectual debate :) I think money is interchangeable with resources, which can be in the form of human capital and backing by followers, Nelson Mandela had a huge following of ANC members in South Africa which is why he managed to come to power, he had resources. No matter how great of a guy he was, if he didn't have the masses behind him lobbying for his release, he would have remained in prison. A person can have passion but if he has no tools or resources he can't do much.
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Being a giving person I found I had to be careful over the years. If I didn't have what I needed to take care of myself, whether money, sleep, me-time, etc.. that I wasn't able to do much good. There has to be that fine balance when you know you are supported with what you need, to then allow you to more sustainably give to others.
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