Development

Are those who concentrate wealth, and the consequent decisional power, prepared to give up their privileges graciously? Would they do that if they understood that humanity has been cornered into a dead end of unforeseen consequences? Could an existential responsibility far from endless greed, destructive selfishness, and permanent mistreatment of the Planet ever prevail?

Open letter to eight people whose wealth is equivalent to the assets hold by 3.6 billion people in our planet

Privileged minorities would have us to believe that there is only one type of democracy, the one which serves them. This is far from being the case: there is a diversity of possible democratic constructions. A democracy that has not been built to favor the general wellbeing and the protection of the environment is neither solid nor sustainable; sooner or later it generates failures and dangerous frustrations.

Usually investment is said to be “the” key variable to boost and sustain “the” economic development. However, not any type of investment will boost any type of development. It is essential to explicit (among the many that exist) which type of development we are pursuing so we can then identify which investments are the ones that bring us closer to the development society longs for and which, on the other hand, might move us away from or even infringe upon such development.

The process of wealth concentration that punishes the world not only is based on mechanisms for extracting value, but also is the cornerstone of this cultural concentration trajectory that, as it moves forward, narrows the diversity of worldviews, knowledge, perspectives, values, solutions. The cultural concentration turns voices into echoes with very serious consequences.