While a third of the world is indulging itself two thirds live on scraps.
There are mountains of grain and lakes of wine while children scrabble in the dust.
The power-brokers divvy up the spoils while the ones not at the table gather up the crumbs.
All around is war, mass migration, bitter enmity, fundamentalism, religious conflict and callous cruelty. Many are making a good profit off the spoils of war and the misery of people.
Nature is caught in between and slaughtered, ripped, destroyed.
It would not seem to me to be beyond the wit of man to devise a system that would work better for everyone, would it?
Nick summed up a lot of this in this song about the seven (sometimes eight) decision makers. He compared them to the old Bronson/Brynner classic the Magnificent Seven. But will this bunch wade in to put things right? They hold the future of nations in their hands. There is much shame!
The Magnificent G7
Poor men can hope but there’s not much time You have the power to banish the poverty
Holding their fate You’re living in a movie But you are only seven men Really only seven men You are only seven men they are nations
Break them some bread for their children Who are their dreams who are their future
Holding their fate You’re living in a movie But you are only seven men Really only seven men You are only seven men they are nations
Mountains of money Mountains of grain Mountains between you Mountains of shame
Holding their fate You’re living in a movie But you are only seven men Really only seven men You are only seven men they are nations