Economic Aspects of Violence
Global Impact of Violence
When violence is manifested in society in the form of political conflict, intolerance, cultural clash, and ethnic cleansing, it cannot be ignored. Systematic destruction and annihilation of racial groups emerged in the form of ethnic cleansing, such as the genocide in Bosnia and mass killings in Rwanda and Palestine. According to Kenneth Jost’s article “War Crime,”: The wars in Bosnia and Rwanda have been waged with brutal, wide-scale attacks against civilians. Serbs have carried out their “ethnic cleansing” policy in the former Yugoslavia by detaining thousands of Croats and Muslims in camps where murder, torture, and rape have been common. In Rwanda, many Hutus killed hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis in the now-ended civil war. Under pressure from international human rights groups and an outraged world community, the United Nations has convened the first global war crimes tribunal since the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials after World War II. Supporters hope that punishing individuals responsible for wartime atrocities will deter future abuses.
But unfortunately, we are witnessing far worse war crimes than genocide in Bosnia where children were not targeted. More children have died in Palestine than any other war in the past. More than 1,000 children have been reported missing in Gaza. Children make up more than 40 percent of those confirmed to have been killed in Gaza. More than 6,000 children have been injured in Gaza since the war began.
Violence, unfortunately, regulates our socio-economic life. The events of 9/11 had a global impact that led to the war in Afghanistan. The issue of violence cannot be ignored when it becomes a threat to humanity, and when violence manifests in the form of a humanitarian crisis, it is no longer an isolated issue that has no social relevance in our lives.
Violence has a global impact that affects international, social, and economic aspects of our lives. Through its existence, violence creates and expands many opportunities for companies, associations, or organizations.
According to USA.today.com, “The United States is notably not just by far the world’s largest military force, but also by far the largest supplier of arms. As the source of approximately 36 percent of the world’s military exports, the United States is by far the largest exporter of weapons, according to the latest report on major arms export volumes published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on March 11.”
These systems employ people and impact the economy, and some of them can be changed by political choices. Not only violence but also all the things correlated to it are part of our daily life or have an impact on it. Society must be interested in such a widespread phenomenon. The sad reality is we are invested in the destruction of other Nations rather than building nations, the destruction of others builds our nation.
No matter if you are a citizen, consumer, or victim, violence affects us. Society has to be interested in taking steps to eliminate, reduce, educate, and bring justice to restore societal health. However, this is not an easy task because there are so many challenges associated with this social problem, such as how it is perceived and accepted in different societies. To read further check out the book available at Amazon.
