Easy Money

The ambition of people today is to make fast and easy money. Although there are millions of ordinary people who work hard and earn money, we see another million earning money in an easy way. The easy way being through illegal and possibly immoral ways. These include drug trafficking, arms trafficking and human trafficking.

There are others on the list, which i would not like to mention. The reason being that there are Grey areas in which these terms fall into. The question of morality or immorality is deliberated. However, the above three terms have no Grey areas, only black and nothing else.

Drugs have been the cause of mayhem in society. Laws are taken for granted, and in the 70's in particular, there were the drug wars in Latin America which spilled over into the streets of the US. Miami was under the grip of the drug wars, and even today, the Colombian conflict, involving the Colombian government and the FARC Guerrillas, is all about stopping the drug supply. Afghanistan is another hot-spot for drug wars. The money generated from selling these drugs in the market are used pre-dominantly to fund terrorist activities. Drugs have led to conflict, to loss of life and destruction of society, yet no one can stop the drug peddlers from minting millions of dollars of money.

Human trafficking is an evil, where illegal immigrants are promised dreams, but land up in a nightmare. The case of the Coyotes in the US and other instances of human trafficking in all parts of the world for various purposes is indeed a despicable act. The common thing linking drug and human trafficking is the human determination to make easy and fast money. In the case of human trafficking, the victims dream of big things. They allow themselves to be blinded by people who offer dreams. Many of these cases involve people who have no education or knowledge, and thus the problem persists. No knowledge, but the need for money is persistent.

But, the greater evil among the two mentioned is off Arms trafficking. The biggest evil, of which states are guilty, is off demand for arms. The amount of money generated by Arms Manufacturers is enough to wipe out poverty in at least a dozen or so countries. If developed nations can shun arms deals and trade, the money saved can be used in providing better health care and treating the poor. The US and other nations of the west have poor health care systems, with the problem of inflation in today's world. If wars are not conducted and weapons not purchased, then these problems may not exist.

Arms companies and manufacturers have to be destroyed, because they have caused the biggest insecurity to the human race. Arms have always crippled nations, and bought about the demise of sovereignty and societies. Individuals will not be corrupted if they have the presence and thought of arms in their mind. The desire for easy money is responsible for all the three evils manifesting together in most societies.

Weapons have to be destroyed, drugs have to be liquidated and then humans who subject humans to injustice have to be thrown out of society. IF arms are destroyed, then drugs should be the next target. With the destruction of these two, society can dream of equality financially. Nations will respect freedom of other nations, hence preventing the specter for wars. As far as human trafficking is concerned, human beings are not perfect. This can only be curbed, not eliminated, as the human mind itself is perverse.