The 8th wonder of the world...

"The original Seven Wonders of the World pale in comparison to this..."
says World Heritage Committee member Edwin MacAlister.

"It is an astounding feat of human engineering that eclipses the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza, and perhaps even the Great Racial Divide."

(Gap between rich and poor named the 8th wonder of the world, source: http://www.theonion.com/articles/gap-between-rich-and-poor-named-8th-wonder-of-the,18914/#enlarge)


At a press conference in Paris at the start of this year, the World Heritage Committee officially recognized the Gap Between Rich and Poor as the "Eighth Wonder of the World," noting that the global wealth divide is the "most colossal and enduring of mankind's creations."

Committee chairman Henri Jean-Baptiste said:
"Of all the epic structures the human race has devised, none is more staggering or imposing than the Gap Between Rich and Poor". "The vast chasm of wealth, which stretches across most of the inhabited world, attracts millions of stunned observers each year, many of whom have found its immensity too overwhelming even to contemplate. By far the largest man-made structure on Earth, it is readily visible from locations as far-flung as Eastern Europe, China, Africa, and Brazil, as well as all fifty U.S. states."

One Johannesburg resident said "When I stare out across its astounding breadth, I'm often moved to tears," whose home is situated on one of the widest sections of the gap. "The scale is staggering—it makes you feel really, really small.Insignificant, even" "While numerous individuals have tried to cross the Gap Between Rich and Poor, evidence suggests that only a small fraction have ever succeeded and many have died in the attempt."

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This article from America's Finest News Resource have truths in it but, I was disappointed by such negative view of it towards the widening gap of wealth and poverty. Yes, it may be an overwhelmingly huge, or as described, "breathtaking" issue, but it does not mean that we can just take a deep breath and watch it grow bigger and bigger,  letting TINA (there is no alternative) attitude to rule. 


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