As peoples' welfare improves, and education levels rise they self curb.
Well, we are better than those who transgress by not exacting an eye-for-an-eye approach.
On the one hand you lament how inferior we are to animals on the other you want to promote a barbaric form of justice.
No it is not a barbaric approach, what i am saying is we have alot to learn from nature, Nature is not barbaric, since that is what you are implying. Nature has its own systems to ensure the best of a species does what it needs to for the environment. Nature provides a balance, since we have taken ourselves out of that balance, by overpopulation, Nature introduces cancers, HIV, and the likes to try and cut down the overpopulation. This seems to be a competition to the humans to try and beat nature, but nature is not competing, Nature just wants to balance out the human population and fix its environment.
It is most certainly not an eye for an eye approach, middle east countries cut off hands of criminals, hence the big reduction of crime there, if a rapist was sterilized and castrated, then he would not think to rape another, this then sets an example to others with the same intentions that this would be the consequences. Humans follow like sheep, if one does something and gets away with it, then everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon, but 'if they see someone going and touching the heater and getting burnt' then they all will not go and touch it. Education, that's all it is, but sometimes telling is not good enough education, showing is more educational.
I do not lament how inferior we are, i am merely stating a fact that our behavior has become very bad, and we are becoming so self centered and selfish because of money. What would you say to a world where everyone's wealth was measured by the amount of good they do instead of the amount of money they make? is that not the ideal world?
How do you propose to improve people's welfare? when workers strike, they dont get the true salary they deserve in order to live a decent life, everything people need to do they are asked to pay... everything seems to evolve around money, even education costs money, so who is going to pay for the education. That theory of yours will never work unless you are going to give everyone the welfare they need, and have been begging for all these years.
My solution is a double edged sword, whereby it will curb crime in a major way, reduce the population, and promote a more kinder society, people will not only be kind to each other but to learn to understand and not hate the fellow animals that live in our world. We are all equal, this planet does not only belong to the humans, but to every living species. We being an 'advanced' african country have an advantage, unlike new york and manhattan from the US who have concreted their world, let us be an example that yes we are a caring countries.
I urge you to look at countries like india, where animals walk and roam the streets freely, these animals are respected and fed by people, they live in harmony, where there is very little crime. the villages live very simple lives with the animals and plants, yes they are poor, but IMO they understand how their environment works much better than we do. If you would like to mention the pollution, then yes there is a big pollution problem, not in the villages though ,but this pollution was introduced by the western world
