Reflection On Poverty

I belong to a country which is facing many problems ranging from illiteracy, health/diseases/low life expectancy, Hunger, Housing to violence, high crime rate and most importantly terrorism. After experiencing many types of misfortunes/events like robbery and witnessing major events like a terrorist attack, I was propelled to study the core issue behind this… so by looking at the people with problems of health/homelessness/education and as far as listening to many interviews of people such as captured terrorists, robbers and criminals. By listening to their reasons/explanations behind this, I came to the conclusion that the major driving force behind all these issues is poverty which is mostly ignored by the society.

What prompted me/made me feel like writing about poverty more is the lack of effort by our society to deal with this problem which can be prevented. After watching both ends of society, was disheartened to see the lives of many shelter-less people dying from hunger/cold while on the other end comparing them with people living extravagant/lavish/luxurious life vacationing/yachting in the Mediterranean while putting a blind eye on….

A common person would describe the word poverty for those people with low income but this simply does not portray the severe health, economic and social disadvantage suffered by them. Only those who experience it are able to describe their pain and suffering and the sad truth is that many not able to get out of it.

As I concluded earlier, it is a root cause of almost all the problems faced by this society ranging from illiteracy and malnourishment to crime, terrorism and is a major source of conflicts as it leads to too little resources for too many people so they end up fighting each othe...

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...not solely about money or markets, or education and health - although all these are important, it is about people gaining access to resources and increasing their capacity to improve their lives and influence decisions that affect them. If we all get together and fight it, we, especially the rich people have the potential to end it. Instead of buying luxury items such as jewelry, fancy clothes, big houses, expensive cars they can direct their efforts to poor people which would leave the world with more harmony and a better social balance. Ending the cycle of mass unemployment, wage-cutting and social inequality requires a struggle to break the stranglehold of the financial elite over society and replace the capitalist system, which subordinates social needs to private profit, with socialism, which utilizes the wealth created by the working class for the common good.