And thanks to corruption, none reaches the starving child. The starving child and his mother are truly alienated. They expect the world to care, but they are completely powerless to do anything about their situation and there is a sense of great despair. As the mother watches her child starve, there seems no point to creating life in this barren and cruel world. They have expectations of living life - at least surviving.
Life seems meaningless .
The answer may be very close at hand. In reality it hurts everyone. It is also uncaring. Unfortunately examples abound. In my local area, a woman was recently fired from her job.