Prosperity
By thickdogg
@thickdogg (39)
Bahamas
September 17, 2011 12:25pm CST
Do you think that Prosperity brings criminal activities and an immoral way of thinking? I have heard of the mentality of people in those big cities such as New York and California and they don't sound like people I would associate with. I live in the Bahamas, which has been a peace loving and very friendly country in the past. I have witness the prosperity of the Bahamas but also the decline of the human moral standard. People in my country who would once upon a time embrace you would now scorne and belittle you. Once people would go out of thier way to help you looking for nothing in return. This has changed they will only help if it benefits them. Once my people had ethics now they will do whatever to get that dollar. While there was crime in our country the magnitude has grown emensely over the past 20 years and now we are breaking murder records year after year. The feeling in even the churches are not the same. The paster seems to be more interested in you investing in him than your soul but that is for another discussion. What is your opinion, do you think that prosperity is the problem?
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6 responses
@kitchisnow (6)
• China
18 Sep 11
well it's just one effect I think.Prosperity do have bring us some good effects.We can enjoy the speeding technology which is all around our lives,and we also have more chances to see what other circumstances do other people live in.Internet helps me gain knowledge and resources.While,the problems come too.As you said,the criminal activities is much more,and it's still raising.
@thickdogg (39)
• Bahamas
18 Sep 11
Of course technology has made our lives more comfortable I would never want to back track on that, though it seems in all our getting we have lost a part of ourselves. Hence the criminal activity takes place.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
18 Sep 11
Crimes are being committed mainly because people want to be happy. That's the ultimate reason why people do what they do no matter how heinous it is. We work everyday, go to school, do what we have to do because we want to be successful, because we want to have a happy life. Prosperity is highly related to this, so I agree with your idea.
@thickdogg (39)
• Bahamas
18 Sep 11
Thank You. I wish we could change this and happiness and success be based on our love for people.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
18 Sep 11
Nothing wrong with prosperity, but there is something deviated in a way that most people are looking forward on selfish way. Not the kind we expected to be selfless in the past. Whether it is our cultural value changed, or the reality forced our people to deviate our mind toward profit - oriented actions. Maybe that is our world, and we are moving toward that way.
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
17 Sep 11
Hello thickdogg,
I don't think properity bring crimes. As when we say that state is wealthy that means average salary of the people there is above the poverty line and in that case robberies,thefts should be lesser than those states which are poor.
Majority of crimes in the world are robberies and thefts which in my opinion get reduced when the state is prosperous.
But if you talk about crimes in BIG cities its due to the people of other poor states doing crimes in that state like i live in DELHI and its one of the biggest city in INDIA and here majority of crimes are done by the people of other states who have just come in here to do crimes.
Majority of crimes in the world are robberies and thefts which in my opinion get reduced when the state is prosperous.
But if you talk about crimes in BIG cities its due to the people of other poor states doing crimes in that state like i live in DELHI and its one of the biggest city in INDIA and here majority of crimes are done by the people of other states who have just come in here to do crimes.@thickdogg (39)
• Bahamas
17 Sep 11
What prosperity brings is also devision, the haves and the haves not. The have are trying to get more and the have not want to get what the have has. If your people is satisfied with what they have and persons outside your community is not then your community should stil be strong. In my community there are obviously some who feels they should have more.
