Roberto Guillermo Gomes
Neuroyoga Creator · Scientist · Multidisciplinary Artist
Foundational Principle
The preservation of life—human and non-human—is the primary ethical obligation of any advanced civilization.
A society that allows preventable hunger, extreme poverty, and ecological collapse while concentrating excessive wealth in a small minority is not neutral.
It is structurally violent by omission.
This statement establishes a rational, ethical, and causal framework to address that reality.
On Responsibility by Causality (Not Punishment)
There is no metaphysical judgment in this framework.
There is causal responsibility.
When:
- extreme suffering is avoidable,
- sufficient resources exist,
- and informed actors choose not to act,
the resulting harm is not accidental.
It is the predictable outcome of deliberate inaction.
Responsibility arises from knowledge + capacity + omission.
The Ethical Limit to Personal Wealth
In the context of global human suffering and planetary emergency, unlimited accumulation loses moral legitimacy.
This framework proposes a clear ethical threshold:
Personal wealth exceeding 100 million USD constitutes excessive accumulation, far beyond any reasonable human need, security, or quality of life.
Beyond this point:
- additional accumulation does not increase well-being,
- but does reduce available resources for survival, health, education, and ecological restoration.
This is not ideology.
It is systems ethics.
Why Excessive Hoarding Is Structural Violence
Every unit of wealth hoarded beyond necessity, in a world where people die from:
- hunger,
- preventable disease,
- lack of clean water,
- environmental collapse,
represents a measurable deprivation effect.
This is not symbolic language.
It is resource causality.
Extreme accumulation under these conditions:
- amplifies inequality,
- destabilizes societies,
- accelerates ecological damage,
- and increases avoidable mortality.
No Moral Absolutism, Only Accountability
This framework does not claim:
- that wealth itself is evil,
- that success must be punished,
- or that innovation should be suppressed.
It does affirm:
- proportional responsibility,
- ethical limits to accumulation,
- and accountability aligned with real-world consequences.
There is no condemnation, only evaluation.
Path of Ethical Realignment
For individuals, institutions, and corporations holding extreme concentrations of wealth, ethical realignment is possible through:
- Voluntary limitation of personal accumulation
- Direct, effective investment in:
- hunger eradication
- healthcare access
- education
- ecological restoration
- Transparent, auditable redistribution mechanisms
- Alignment with measurable social and planetary outcomes
This is not charity.
It is civilizational maintenance.
On Systems of Mental Health and Social Normalization
A civilization that normalizes indifference to mass suffering is not healthy.
Any intellectual or professional system that:
- trivializes ethical responsibility,
- pathologizes conscience,
- or reduces human life to biochemical utility,
is incomplete.
Mental health must include:
- ethical awareness,
- empathy,
- responsibility,
- and the capacity to perceive systemic harm.
Without these, “normality” becomes adaptation to dysfunction.
No Threats. No Fear. No Mythology.
This statement contains:
- no divine punishment,
- no metaphysical sanctions,
- no violence,
- no ultimatum.
Reality itself enforces consequences through:
- social collapse,
- ecological breakdown,
- and systemic instability.
Systems that ignore ethics eventually fail.
Final Synthesis
- Extreme suffering amid extreme wealth is not inevitable—it is chosen.
- Codified limits to accumulation are not oppression—they are stabilization mechanisms.
- Ethics is not a moral accessory—it is a survival requirement.
A civilization that refuses to self-regulate greed will be regulated by collapse.
Closing
This is not a call to guilt.
It is a call to lucidity.
A viable future requires:
- limits to greed,
- alignment of wealth with life,
- and responsibility proportional to power.
A better world is not created by belief,
but by ethical design and conscious action.
