There are basically two kinds of people in the world. There are those who first complain and grumble in frustration and anger at the problem/s. There are those who first complain and then do take direct action against the problem/s.
There is no moral difference between the two and it is not necessarily fair to say one type is “better” than the other. However, it is the “grumblers” who like talking about all the “fighting” that they are doing. The reality is that their actions are usually virtue-signaling activities like gluing themselves to Da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting to protest fossil fuels because he used oil paints. Of course, Da Vinci used oil paint made from organic materials. Keep the narrative; lose the facts. Facts are annoying anyway.
So as to not be seen to be complete fools, most useless protest actions are made in the name of “raising awareness.”
However, there are collective actions on the part of the “grumblers” that do accomplish something constructive against the problem. But the reality is in these protest situations; the “problem” is usually government policy. We are seeing that currently with the farmers’ mass protests in The Netherlands. These are usually first organized and led by the “doers” who are the minority. The uprising in Sri Lanka is another example. Note that Pakistan will collapse next.
In biology, a “dominance hierarchy” is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of animal social groups interact, creating a ranking system. A dominant higher-ranking individual is sometimes called an alpha, and the submissive lower-ranking individual a beta. The minority Alpha leads the majority group of Betas, which the Alpha protects and often provides for in return for benefits like better access to limited resources and increased mating opportunities.
The “Doer” Alphas make up about 20 percent of the population and we see that all around us. Companies know that 20 percent of their sales force will make 80 percent of the sales. Teachers know that 20 percent of the class will be responsible for 80 percent of the disruptions.
The Pareto Principle states that 80 percent of consequences come from 20 percent of the causes. Named after 19th century economist (they are not all a waste of time), Vilfredo Pareto first discovered that approximately 80 percent of the land in Italy was owned by 20 percent of the population. He carried out surveys on a variety of other countries and found a similar distribution applied there also. The UN Human Development Report in 1989 revealed that in examining the Distribution of world GDP, 82.7 percent was held by the richest 20 percent of the global population.
Microsoft discovered that by fixing the top 20 percent of the most-reported bugs, 80 percent of the related errors and crashes would be eliminated. In baseball, a study in 2010 showed that 15 percent of all the players produced 85 of the game winning runs. In one US city, the same 20 percent of hospital patients used 80 percent of the health-care resources.
The 50-year long Dunedin Study from the University of Otago in New Zealand has found 80 percent of crimes are committed by the same 20 percent of criminals.Globally, the current average annual GDP growth is 1.22 percent with ASEAN+2 growth comparable at 1.2 percent. However, the G-20 countries average growth is 0.53 percent. And G-20 inflation is currently averaging 12.3 percent with global inflation only 10.48. ASEAN+2 has an average inflation of 4.825 percent.
Of course, it is not fair or accurate, but can we speculate in this instance that the ‘G-20’ is responsible for ‘80 percent’ of the word’s problems?
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