Is the sun setting?

憧れてた日本で、太陽が沈まぬ日本という国で、もしかして太陽が沈んでいく運命になっているのでしょうか？

なんで上に立つ人はこんなにも醜いのかな？NOVAのトップも、日本の財務省のエリート連中も。

最初から誰も天に立ってなどいない。なのに、なんで人間はこんなにパワーを手に入れた瞬間に謙虚の心を忘れ、自分の人間性すら見捨てられるのでしょうか？同じ人間として、怒りを感じる。もちろん自分の無力さにも厭きれるけれど、具体的に何が出来るかははっきり見えない。

でも、祈りをすれば、何かが変わるかもしれない。それだけじゃ物足りないけれど、それでも祈り続けよう。

Power corrupts, so they say. It is quite true, as all these cases demonstrate. Those at the top seem to forget that they were not always there before, and some of them abuse their authority. The bribery cases, the non-payment of insurance, the various cover-up scandals, sexual harassment, all these are usually not associated with the so-called elite that are perched on top of the social hierachy, indeed, they should not even exist in an ideal world.

Alas, our world is a flawed one. The social divide, the economic disparity, the income gap is widening daily, and somehow we all seem powerless. Yet is it really so, or are we just too entrenched in our comfort zones that we cannot bother to endeavor to effect changes?

Maybe I am guilty of this inertia too. Still, hope still remains, and hopefully I will come up with an answer regarding the role of an individual, how someone like me can help to make things better.