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This is why ending poverty should be the number 1 priority of our society. It puts *everyone* in a better situation to collectively solve other problems.
by pcmaffey 4y ago
This is why ending poverty should be the number 1 priority of our society. It puts *everyone* in a better situation to collectively solve other problems.
- pjmorris 4y agoI'm inclined to agree. Are you aware of the Poor People's Campaign? https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/ https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/ My sense is that it'll take action on the part of people who aren't activists to really shake things up, but the PPC seems like a start.
- zarmin 4y agoThis is an issue I care deeply about, thanks for the link. I just donated. Having said that...from their homepage: "The poo is immoral" https://i.imgur.com/4Cay0Zw.png https://i.imgur.com/4Cay0Zw.png
- pmoriarty 4y agoIt should be the number 1 priority, but at the same there have been multiple studies that show poor people are more likely to be altruistic than rich people.
- chris37879 4y agoWhich is why the goal isn't to make everyone rich. It's to end poverty. Those aren't the same thing, exactly. Think like, Star Trek. They have ended poverty, but it's not by making everyone wealthy.