The real issues to those living in the first-world, are and <i>should</i> be those which affect their everyday lives and the societies that will determine their future.<p>I&#x27;m sorry to say that Africa doesn&#x27;t really factor into all that. Peace, love and understanding for the entire planet sounds great but I have work to do and bills to pay.<p>These sort of &quot;reduce everything into rubble by equalizing&quot; arguments provide nothing to the discussion but wishful thinking and meaningless utopianism.