Well, here's how I see the issue: there will always be people who have less and have more, this is true. However, we can see easily how *what* constitutes less and more can easily be changed. Look at the state of say, the working poor in the U.S. compared to the working poor in say, Ethiopia.
In the U.S. our standard of living is relatively very high to the rest of the world. it's a great example that even though you'll never change the fact that there will always be people who are relatively poor, and relatively rich, you can change those baselines. That being said, even the U.S. has quite a ways to go, but we *can* make it so being very poor does not mean risk of starvation nor lack of shelter or access to at least some sort of baseline health.
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Date: 12/5/10 17:57 (UTC)In the U.S. our standard of living is relatively very high to the rest of the world. it's a great example that even though you'll never change the fact that there will always be people who are relatively poor, and relatively rich, you can change those baselines. That being said, even the U.S. has quite a ways to go, but we *can* make it so being very poor does not mean risk of starvation nor lack of shelter or access to at least some sort of baseline health.