Misery
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It can come simply through a general breakdown of government as politicians, some with the best intentions in the world, fail to cope with that human tide of
misery.
Destitution, poverty, and
misery
primed publics for toxic politics.
Rich countries could enable the poorest of the poor to escape from
misery
by providing just a tiny fraction of their yearly national income - or, indeed, of their military spending - to overcome the crises of hunger, education, and disease.
In today’s world, workers must learn to embrace adaptability and flexibility, rather than succumb to resentment and
misery.
The emergence of a highly lethal and rapidly spreading antimicrobial-resistant infection would lead to untold numbers of deaths and unimaginable
misery.
Only 2-3% of North African countries’ modest foreign trade occurs within the region, so they have missed out on the surge in international business that over the last two decades has lifted billions of people out of backwardness and
misery
in Asia, Latin America, and even sub-Saharan Africa.
In the face of such staggering numbers, commitments to take thousands or even tens of thousands of people will do almost nothing to alleviate the
misery
of millions.
If economic solutions aren’t found, eventually these regions’ conflicts will destabilize Europe, as millions more desperate, hopeless people eventually become radicalized and blame the West for their
misery.
The decades of rapacious war lords, greedy imperialists, and Japanese invaders were over;China could stand up – though much
misery
still lay ahead as Mao’s tyranny put down its roots.
It nurtured an awareness of the sheer scale of the human suffering and
misery
that is always associated with war – an awareness that has led me to spend much of my career as a government minister and global NGO leader working to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
Until we are willing to explore new solutions, the
misery
experienced by millions of unemployed workers will continue.
But perhaps we should hear again the words of one of Raskolnikov’s interlocutors when he speaks about the “disgusting Sodome” in which he wanders and says that poverty is not a vice, but
misery.
In poverty one still keeps a kind of “innate noble sentiment,” while in
misery
moral collapse is inherent and disastrous.
Mailat sought escape from his Romanian
misery
and his Romanian past, but could not imagine that he would find in an Italian refugee camp as much
misery
as before; that the image in the mirror of his daily new life would be that of a killer.
Such improvement requires above all self-help, the actions of individuals who will not accept the
misery
of the zero hour for long.
Marxism, after all, has inflicted untold
misery
on tens of millions of people who have been forced to live under regimes waving its banner.
Instead, direct policies to address New Orleans’ vulnerabilities could have avoided the huge and unnecessary cost in human
misery
and economic loss.
Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma won re-election despite the
misery
of a decade of economic paralysis and widespread corruption.
When greater income inequality is a fait accompli, principled discussion may give way to naked class struggle between the new super-rich and those who have only their
misery
to lose.
In some cases, even if motives are mixed, the prospects of success are reasonable, and the
misery
of a population can be relieved at modest expense.
The constant ability of Africa's leaders to betray their people is the root cause of Africa's current
misery.
Their misery, however, is not the consequence of unbridled capitalism, but of a capitalism that has been bridled in just the wrong way.
The world is plagued with hereditary diseases that cause very real misery: sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, type 1 diabetes, cystic fibrosis, mitochondrial diseases, polycystic kidney disease, Tay-Sachs disease, Canavan disease, mucopolysaccharidoses, some forms of breast, prostate, and colon cancer – the list goes on.
The window of opportunity to create a Europe that is whole and free after a half century of division and
misery
may not remain open indefinitely.
Recalling the achievements of Islamic culture during the Middle Ages, they offered a (self-serving) nostrum for lifting Moslems out of dependence, degradation and misery: the reestablishment of theocratic Islamic States that would be more pure and just than secular ones.
Moreover, the altruist does not have to suffer for his good deeds; on the contrary, he often benefits indirectly from them, while the selfish actor often creates
misery
for himself as well as others.
Indeed, it would have afforded the Fund an opportunity to atone for its complicity in the creditor-driven, austerity-addled
misery
to which Greeks have been subject for the last five years.
The only “alternative” to harnessing all feasible energy sources will be a slow-growth world of permanent shortages and increasing
misery.
The Dodd-Frank Act did succeed in putting the OTS out of its misery, but jealous congressional oversight committees have prevented a merger of the SEC and CFTC, and nothing has been done to rationalize banking supervision.
Menem believes that, with the party's official sanction, he can overcome the fact that most Argentines blame him for their current
misery.
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