You put it so well. I am from India and what you said has been my experience too. If you have less money, your worth falls so much that you are barely considere

You put it so well. I am from India and what you said has been my experience too. If you have less money, your worth falls so much that you are barely considered human. I grew up in Mumbai as a high schooler and saw abject poverty. I have also lived in USA for close to 20 years and when I go back to India I don't remember the mental tools I used to use to harden myself against the massive injustice that cannot be ignored but one must to stay sane. e.g. My family and I were driving in a Maruthi 800 car and we stopped at the light. A little boy of 8 years came upto another car in front with a bunch of roses. He gave on rose to the person in the car but by then the light turned green and everybody started driving. The boy ran after this car with all his might he could gather from every single fiber in his body so he could collect the pennies. I remember my parents and I looking at this scene with sadness. When I used to travel by the suburban trains, I used to see little babies begging. I later learnt that the beggars were part of a much larger and powerful begging network. The adults would lay their (supposed) child with a big ulcer popping out the child's stomach so the passers-by would have pity and drop some change. I remember wanting to commit suicide after seeing such scenes. I used to look away just so I did not have to face the obvious questions that arise. It's a cruel world without money and no wonder we are all grabbing at whatever we can grab at driven by fear that one day we could end up in penury. It is the same in the USA sadly. A family is just one major sickness away from bankruptcy. The financially weak and people without power suffer everywhere.