The World is Shit; It's Fucking Shit

Lemmy is dead.

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Originally Posted by kedawa

Poverty has been with us for as long as we've had agriculture and permanent settlements, and it's only getting worse.
The idea that rich people and think tanks are going to magically make it go away is extremely naive.

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Naive indicates it's simple wishful thinking when it's simply not. It's based on boots-on-the-ground qualitative research and quantitative data. Better yield from crops, better gender equality, and accessible banking will make massive differences.

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Originally Posted by icarusfall

Lemmy is dead.

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Didn't a few TNLers point out he wasn't looking so hot a few months ago?

Drew sounds like he turned into a TED talk.

Yes, banking will solve the problems of the poor.

Long lasting problems like poverty are not solved by finance, politics or law.

They are solved by 1 to 1 action. By the haves getting involved in the lives of the halve nots. Thats why universal education did as much as it did to lower poverty. Teachers were getting involved in the lives of their children for at least 6 to 8 hours a day.

But I don't see much changing. America hates its poor. The haves don't really want to get involved in their lives on a personal level.

Just curious what you people think are the biggest issues facing the impoverished, particularly not in America where the standard of living is typically higher.

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

They are solved by 1 to 1 action.

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What does 1 to 1 action mean to you, specifically?

People getting off their 'own' ass and getting involved in another human's life.

'You' finding a poor person and helping them.

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Originally Posted by Drewbacca

Just curious what you people think are the biggest issues facing the impoverished, particularly not in America where the standard of living is typically

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I wouldn't presume to tell you what the real problems are on the streets of Calcutta.

As for America? Capitalism as religion. Planned obsolescence.

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

People getting off their 'own' ass and getting involved in another human's life.

'You' finding a poor person and helping them.

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That's not cost-effective globally though. I understand you, but most of B&M G money is going to lift the huge number of utterly poor to get up to poor by America's standards

I meant it much broader than just American poor. Even poor Americans have better quality of life than most in less developed nations. I also don't know why someone would assume finance and banking have no effect on poverty.