"The Uphill Battle"

"When you win your battle, please remember, that the war is not over" - and that it's not only for you important to win this battle Alida Brandenburg originally shared this post: I am 100% (no pun intended) behind Occupy Wall Street (in case it wasn't evident by my numerous posts on the movement since it started), but thank god for this. Keep things in perspective and count your blessings, noodles. ETA: People seem to be missing the point here. Made some clarifying points below: Regarding Priorities Not sure why people are so quick to dismiss this by saying it's false because we need to help ourselves and solve our own problems first. Look at the image more carefully, particularly the message at the bottom of the image. It says, "*When you win your battle*..." No one is suggesting we should just scratch what we're doing and instead throw our limited resources into other countries. That's only going to add to the problem. Regarding Our Current Position I also wasn't making any assertions about welfare economies or the role we have in creating others' suffering. I just think it's important to keep things in perspective. While this is a valid fight and one worth stepping up for, in the grand scheme of things, most of us are incredibly privileged. The fact that you and I are even able to read these words to each other sets us light-years beyond most in the world. As +Joanna Staebler-Kimmel +Joanna Staebler-Kimmel said in the comments: " the text after those images is a useful way of putting it - not 'why are you wasting time on this when children are starving in africa?' but 'your battle is part of a larger war.'" Regarding Aid And that being said, people also seem to jump to the conclusion that this means we should just throw money at the problem (the struggles of other countries) and expect it to magically work out. Who said anything about giving aid? Just like the Occupy movement is pushing us to rethink our economic systems (and now a host of others), perhaps we should rethink our global policies and the ways in which we support- or don't support- developing countries. We live in an incredibly novel era. Why are we still relying on the same tired policies? There are better solutions.