Re:Cash to the poor: Giving money directly works surprisingl...
by Ygg2 on Monday October 28, 2013 @05:37AM
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That vibrant "YES" rings hollow. Europe is going through a lot of shit with rise of outright fascist parties - e.g. Greece's Golden Dawn (they might have removed Golden Dawn but the resentment needed for another fascist party to form is there, waiting). If one of more powerful states goes fascist (e.g. USA, Germany, France), you could very well see massive bloodshed and wars. And please don't tell me wars are good for anyone.
If social mobility and equality are disrupted, the society is in a bad position.
So, what is your point, exactly ? The world would be better place if everyone was as poor as the next ?
You could say that the Universe is incredibly unfair, after all, for all we know, Earth is the only planet with advanced life in the Milky Way, and would it be better if instead there was bacterian life everywhere instead ?
Besides, whatever your point is, it's moot, because the key thing you should look at is : is the life of the 3 billions people improving ? The answer is a vibrant "YES" and the world as a whole is getting out of poverty, thanks to the dark evil of capitalism, which incidentally also works pretty well to get everyone out of the shit hole.