Why does poverty exist?

[msc545]

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[Astarlessnightsky]

Because capitalism exist.

You can have super rich people without the exploitation of poor people.

Same goes for countries, rich countries need to exploit the poor ones to become rich and stay rich.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Or better the capitalism we have right now, brings these inequalities to the most extreme.

[slatyb]

In developed nations, or around the world? In democracies, it exists because the people don't vote to end it. It's not because there are a few very rich people.

[NicholasRedone]

The way the lobbyists control the world and because "somebody has to be" in the way there's first world, to third world, countries, including second world countries
You've heard the terms
Same as now you've heard registered lobbyists

[exitseven]

There are too many people and not enough resources.

[msc545]

There are plenty of resources. The problem is that a few people just feel that they all should belong to them.

[exitseven]

We are running out of drinking water and then we will run out of food. The rich will be okay like always but the rest of us will be in deep doo doo.

[msc545]

I don't know where you are getting the idea of food and water shortages.

[exitseven]

We have been running out of water for a while now. Once we run out of water it will be harder to grow crops.

[msc545]

Just what do you think is happening to the water that we are supposedly running out of?

[exitseven]

Too many people are drinking it.

[msc545]

For the most part, people only drink the water they need

[SmokinAces2000]

Because poverty needs to exist to prevent that evil communism thing

[msc545]

You mean we have need to have unreasonably wealthy people and unreasonably poor people because otherwise we might have Communists? Are you serious?

[SmokinAces2000]

I was being sarcastic

[Agape93]

Society allows it