We are 5 percent of the global population and consume a third of the total resources - on some level we should all feel guilty relative to the world.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own people the proper enjoyment of their resources; we are also denying the world the example of a free society enjoying its freedom to the fullest.
I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.
If we lived within our means - by being prudent - the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. Global politics should be moving in that direction. But we think as people and countries, not as a species.
The planet's resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.
Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.
As a global community, we have to start thinking more seriously about whether there are limits to what our earth can bear and if we're willing to cope with the struggle for limited resources, which only seem to increase as our population does.
90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.
The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.
Some people feel that the world owes them a living.
The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population.