If

If I were not born
If you were not born

If we hadn’t met
If we hadn’t fallen in love

If I hadn’t proposed and you hadn’t accepted
If we hadn’t married

If we hadn’t borne children
If they hadn’t grown up and started the cycle again

Would the world have been a better place?

If the Industrial Revolution hadn’t happened
If trees hadn’t been cut down

If water sources hadn’t been contaminated
If air hadn’t been polluted

If factories hadn’t dumped waste into nature
If vehicles hadn’t spewed harmful emissions

If forests hadn’t been cleared for cities and towns
If natural resources hadn’t been exploited

Would the world have been a better place?

If World War I and II hadn’t raged
If Hitler hadn’t tortured and killed the Jews

If Japan hadn’t attacked Pearl Harbor
If America hadn’t bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki

If Hamas hadn’t attacked, maimed, raped, and killed Israelis
If Israel hadn’t struck back at Gaza and beyond

Would the world have been a better place?

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