You beat me to the quote that an eye for an eye could make the whole world go blind, but that is ok. There has always being evil in the world, but I guess more efficient information dissemination seemed to have highlighted it. Truth be told some are poor due to their actions or inactions, but many are trapped in what I would like to call a vicious cycle. Eg, a boy born into a very poor family who finds it hard to eat once in a day has a reduced chance (but still has a chance) of being successful compared to the people born with the proverbial golden spoon in their mouth. This vicious cycle could be broken, many already have while others are in the process of doing it.
The evil of the world is something that would always be here, the only thing is to try to not be a part of those perpetrating the evil. At least if we cannot fix the situation, leaving it without contributing to the problem could help. As long there is good, evil would exist in one form or the other. I'm not trying to the gloom evangelist here, just a guy that knows how the world works.
@ogoowinner I hope your siblings have joined steemit now, not everyone is quick to embrace a new thing, some are just too stuck in their old ways to try new things. But after seeing it works would jump in. I have introduced up to 20 people here, only a handful of them is still here, some just hate any form of work. To such people they are irredeemable, you just do what you can and leave it up to them to either work or not.
The government is the people, to those owing the ten months salary, there are relatives of those being owed in the helm of the affairs, if the people refuse to ask for what is entitled to them, it could keep happening. Power belongs to the people but funny enough the people tend to forget this awesome fact. If the people are united in their purpose and idea, nothing could stop them.
Ideas are bulletproof and nothing could kill it, you can blackmail, suppress or slow down an idea, but killing it is not just an option.
Keep hope alive. Keep steeming. ✌️