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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
You are being very assumptive here.
You can't tell me that most economic systems don't create inequalities that are difficult to bear.
Everyone can't rise from very little into something remarkable. A system that creates disproportionate wealth requires, well, disproportionate wealth distribution.
Everyone in the world can't be rich.
Do you think people always choose to be impoverished? Maybe we just need to make The Secret mandatory reading.
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Thank you, Baraka (and Smethy, too) for jumping on this one. This idea that everyone can just 'raise themselves up' out of poverty is ridiculous. Our system and the nature of our communities requires that there be distinct classes including a lower class. Who is going to do the work that they do? Where exactly are all these people going to go? It irritates me to no end to hear people say things like that, esp. considering that most of the people who say it tend to be those who are against helping them regardless of what their abilities to 'get ahead' are. Not only is it incredibly naive but its an insult to the millions of people working multiple jobs just to make enough money to keep a roof over their family's heads. Get a grip.
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Last edited by mixedmedia; 03-26-2010 at 01:53 PM..
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