Yesterday, I and two of my brand new friends discussed a very controversial topic:what is poverty?
Answer: anyone that lives with less then 1 dollar per day???
Is this poverty!? Or a market mesurement of poverty?
One of our questions was if a cleaning woman that works in the best area of Bangladesh, that is the 4th wife of a men that has a bunch of kids is a poor person.
Or a poor person is someone that doesn’t have a house, or someone that doesn't know how is going to get food for the next meals or someone that is begging on the streets but has money to eat. Or someone that has education but lost everything in a flood and has a debt to a bank that will take his house.
Which one is poorer? A woman, a man, an elder or a child?What is your opinion? What do you feel? How can we change this? Most of the people just avoid thinking about this!!! Just try... whatever pops into your mind!!!See next posts!!!
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i believe there are diferent types of poverty. the most common one of course the monetary one. Off course in a world which the only way to fit in is by the used of the mighty dollar, that one has to be one of the most important. With a roaring belly our head doesnt think right. But then we have cultures from countries like Bangladesh, and our ver knowed Brasil. These people seem to developt another type of richness one that allows them to be alive and to try do enjoy life even when dont have the mighty dollar.
Lets explore that other richness. Western societies tend to live in EXTREME POVERTY in this sense of richness. We may be rich the other way around, but when it comes to be poor(monetarly speaking) and still have a smile in our face, we still have a lot to learn.
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