RE: Ecotrain QOTW: If 50% of the defence budgets of the 10 biggest nations was given to philanthropic causes, would we see more or less war and violence in the world?

Well, i can tell you, emphatically, no it would not help.

If throwing money at a situation made it better, than the Bronx would be a shining beacon of hope.

Further, none of these problems are due to a lack of money.

Everyone keeps saying that if we just gave more money to medical, everyone would be healthy. Well, that's bollox. There aren't enough doctors to treat all the sick people, so, there still wouldn't be enough doctors if we paid them more.

What would help the number of doctors is to stop the sex discrimination in medical school subsidies. Right now, if there is a woman who wants to become a doctor, she get pushed to the front of the line. (pushing out a man) And then,... women are much more likely to quit medical school, quit medical practice to have a child and even if they do not quit, they are more likely to work only part time. But, we cannot talk about this, because that's sexist.

And today, we grow more than enough food for all the world to be fed. The problem is distribution. Maybe we should marry the army and food distribution. Many places on earth have hungry people because the warlords control the food supply. (like big box stores, but worse) So, we send in the food corpse to deliver food to the hungry, in armorred troop carriers.

But, that would just be silly.
What is actually needed is that a farmer's field needs to be protected from govern-cements. Both physically and monetarily.