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What you are describing is poverty begetting poverty, not inequality begetting poverty. If everyone in the world had the same income as the average Nigerian, t
by astine 19y ago
What you are describing is poverty begetting poverty, not inequality begetting poverty.
If everyone in the world had the same income as the average Nigerian, the world would be perfectly equal, but the Nigerians wouldn't be any better off. The problem isn't that the third world doesn't have as much as the first world, but that they simply don't have enough.
You're absolutely correct, we need to help people who are less fortunate than ourselves, but inequality isn't the source of the problem. Our being rich, doesn't make them poor (usually.)
- sdurkin 19y agoAh, yes, this is true. I was using inequality as synonymous with poverty, while there is an important distinction. However, in a lot of cases, especially in the third world, abuse of labor and government allows a select few to build and maintain wealth. In those cases, the rich are only rich at the expense of the poor.