 invictus says: Some stats from Global Issues. some day we will have to explain these numbers Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day.This is really thrilling. One does not want to believe it because it makes you very disturbed and if you remember this fact while having a good dinner, you may unintentionally feel yourself somewhat ashamed. How can a human being be fed with this amount in today's world? Can you buy a loaf of bread and a bottle of water for each three meals of the day? Greed is good, Kill the underlings, Burn the cities, blow up the world! just joking. I've been homeless- poverty is no laughing matter but no one wants to think they could be woirse off than they are right now. Education is the key. Laptops for every child is a tool to the solution, google information is a tool for the solution, Kindness is a tool for the solution, Awareness is a tool for the solution. Give a man a potato he eats for a day, teach a man to grow potatos he eats for a lifetime. Education alone is not enough Skwirl. I can talk about my own country. I know many smart and well-educated people with a university or college degree and fluent in one foreign language who spend months (sometimes years) unemployed or work in jobs where they are underpaid. For the facts on this clip, there are different factors that creates the circumstances where the half of the world live under the poverty line. All of the 3 billion people can't be uneducated, unlucky or lazy. The worst fact is, if there is a very rich guy in a city, (living in a luxury villa with a swimming pool, having expensive cars in his garage and a big amount in his bank account) then it means there are at least a ... Education alone is not enough Skwirl. I can talk about my own country.Totally. (College) Graduates are roaming the streets looking for jobs in India sadly |
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) It takes many poor to create one rich: this is the rule of capitalism. 
