life help: If life was so simple, poverty would be less of a problem today! - Help.com

If we were all content with food, clothing and shelter, there would be more to share with othera who don’t have.

vicky_christina wrote:

MortallyWounded wrote:
If we were all content with food, clothing and shelter, there would be more to share with othera who don’t have.

people clearly dont think like that. they want thier iphones, their ipads, apps, cars that park themselves and their wide screen hd tvs. thats what people want now, and they want it all really fast.

so if the demand is there, companies will always be around to fill that demand. so this is kind of a moot conversation.

Right.

Most people do work they don’t particularly like. To the extent their basic needs are met, they look for other ways to reward themselves for doing the hard things in life: working, caring for family and friends, paying bills and taxes, maintaining their health, maintaining their cars and house or whatever, dealing with childcare responsibilities and community issues.

Don’t delude yourself with simplistic thinking. There are many reasons for poverty. Some people climb out of poverty and make themselves and others rich. Some people start from wealthy beginnings and end up homeless and poor. Some start poor and remain poor.

Society is a complex system of interactions. Our best insurance in life is to look at a broad selection of those who have longterm success and contentment and find ways to emulate their best practices in life.

poverty has always existed even before life became complicated.

I think poverty has more to do with laws that favor those who have money and power.