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“Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost..Do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass and dictators die; and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.” -Charlie Chaplin.

Charlie Chaplin had an eye for the future I believe, because the way he described humanity 75 years ago is exactly the way humanity is acting in today’s world. Greed and corruption, moral immorality and contempt for fellow humans, and a general disinterest in any sort of individual freedoms. The world we live in today is falling apart very quickly.