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Poverty is the natural state of which societies? All of them?

• majani 4y ago
  I think he meant to say "poverty is the default state." After all, you are born with nothing, and if you do nothing, you will get nothing.
  • postalrat 4y ago
    What does being born have anything to do with the state of a society? And if you want to go down that road then I'm wondering why we aren't considering before you are born. Or that when you are born you typically have your parents, siblings, etc. Not nothing.
• aidenn0 4y ago
  Agrarian societies are historically composed of nearly all subsistence farmers. The industrial revolution changed that, but (unless you agree with Marx) it still doesn't seem like a foregone conclusion that "society" receives the wealth rather than it being concentrated in a few places.