How To Win The Global Race

“In the race for global development, countries in the higher ranks, now with money and power to influence the race itself, have decided that it’s okay to let the weaker countries run without giving them the time to learn how to walk, first.”

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Remember the Green Revolution of the 1960s? This First World initiative to heap the children of the Third World onto the agricultural production scene? 

Of course the Green Revolution has it’s agricultural yield profit, thanks to the introduction of plantation chemicals and heavyweight machinery. But within this very win lies the heavy loss. The Green Revolution or the Third Agricultural Revolution is simply too costly. 

It is not just too expensive because it depends on having sophisticated irrigation systems and heavyweight equipment; it also comes at a great cost of the soil itself, which gets worn out. 

Furthermore, the people fall short in this method. For starters, the consumers digest produce that is literally injected with chemicals, which increases the risk of catching diseases and falling ill. But especially the farmers suffer. They are ruined in several ways. As the article 20 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Green Revolution | FutureofWorking.com points out, the farmers health is greatly at risk, almost 20,000 dying every year due to the direct exposure to chemicals. 

Furthermore, they face financial challenges and investment inequalities. To make up for the now expensive costs of production, the farmers’ profit margin is usually very small, unless they have vast lands to farm. Which is the case with big firms but not with individual farmers. Thus, they are dependent on foreign investment, because the government prioritizes investments in the heavy industry branch rather than the primary sector. 

But how did the situation develop into this? The obvious reason is the hastening of the development process.

In the race for global development, countries in the higher ranks, now with money and power to influence the race itself, have decided that it’s okay to let the weaker countries run without giving them the time to learn how to walk, first. As a result, the weaker countries fall on their face. In accordance with the actual situation, the stronger contenders then sell expensive crutches to these countries, claiming to help them develop. In reality however, the weaker countries are only getting more dependent and tied to the bigger countries, like children. 

Now, the good news is that some countries which have previously fallen on their faces have learned for themselves. They learned how to get up on their own and even accepted the foreign crutches- but to build bridges and facilitate their run.