Rising inflation took everyone by surprise. The US inflation rate of 8.3% in April, while representing a slowdown compared to previous months, is still too high to ignore. The situation is not much better in the Eurozone, where inflation rose to 8.1%. Prices are rising all over the world and no one knows how to stop them. In all likelihood, the chain reaction of price hikes will lead to several rounds of price increases, and the shortage of gas, wheat, oil, semiconductors and other goods will only exacerbate the situation. Indeed, a great cataclysm is coming.
The problem is that some hard-to-supplied products, such as semiconductors, wheat and gas, form the backbone of global industry and food production. People need wheat for almost everything they eat, and they need gasoline and computer chips for almost everything humanity produces. Consequently, their absence slows down the entire global economy and food production.
Africa will be the first to suffer, and possibly much of East Asia. Billions of people will starve!
But hunger is only the beginning. Hungry people will stop at nothing. When entire nations starve, wars break out and conflicts become violent. The cataclysm that has just begun to unfold could be worse than our worst nightmares, in ways we can't even imagine. In addition to man-made disasters, natural disasters - floods and fires - will sow chaos around the world.
The only real thing people can do is start stocking up on basic food items. However, this will not help much, as we are in for a protracted crisis that will not end quickly.
If anything can help, it is the realization that we are all in the same boat. Currently, the boat is riddled with holes and is sinking rapidly. We can bridge these gaps if we join hands and work together on all levels, from the most personal to the international.
However, cooperation requires recognition of our interdependence and, above all, trust. Without them, each country will continue to try to help only itself, and as a result, the entire world ship will sink.
Moreover, if people begin to cooperate and think about the common good, and not just about their own, they will find that in fact there is no lack of anything. Even before the Russo-Ukrainian War broke out, humanity was already throwing away at least a third of the food it produced. This means that there are enough products! But there is no desire to share them - this is the real cause of hunger and all other problems that we face.
This crisis will teach us that people can only succeed if they work together for the common good. However, there is a charge for each session. The sooner humanity learns its lesson, the lower the pay will be. But the longer it slips, the higher the fee will be and the more painful the lesson.
How can one learn this, and even at all social levels of life of the entire globe and at once? Someone agreed and is ready, but someone does not want to.
Perhaps women will understand this faster, they will be able to reveal the system of the universe that Nature has created. It is easier for them to agree on peace and mutual assistance so that no one goes hungry, just as mothers of a large family have to divide all the funds available to them zealously for everyone.