Mass Poverty Will Never Be Destroyed.

Philosophy Forums Society, Government, and Economics
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In every generation we are told that poverty in the future someday will become a thing of the past thus the myth of a great future is constructed and perpetuated throughout all the masses where everyone naively accepts it as truth.

What if I told everyone here on this site that poverty will never be destroyed? Why?

It is quite simple. Society only exists on the enslavement and bondage of others since without it society cannot exist.

If we destroy poverty who will then serve those who naively believe that they are entitled and privileged to some higher purpose? Noone would. Therefore it has come to my attention that poverty will never be destroyed.

Thoughts?

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Poverty is one of those things you just kind of learn to ignore.

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I don’t think many truly believe that such suffering will ever be eradicated. It just happens to be one of the crowd pleasing ideas that wins politicians elections. Much like global peace, unity, and utopia, it is highly improbable, if not impossible.Still, these ideas evoke such warm and fuzzy feelings in most people.

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there will always be poverty… if there are advantages and disadvantages to be had or avoided… it is human nature to do so…

poverty and non poverty is simply the line between unlucky and lucky.

until someone makes a big enough gun there will always be a challenge which results in a winner / loser …

which is why i would like to be the referee

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Especially if you are a Republican. :stuck_out_tongue:

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So such sentiments are deceptions to to win favor,yes?

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Agreed. If you were a referee what would you do? :slight_smile:

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well… i would basically use my disqualification gun of might to smite cynicism and other various unsatisfactory actions :laughing: .

kind of ironic in the sense that santa clause would have to give himself a lump of coal if he was naughty…

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Poverty as we know and recognise it could be eradicated.

Only problem is that unless everyone is on a level playing field, the poverty line just shifts.

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I would legalize duels to the death in settling disputes. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Thus the impossibility of eradicating poverty sets in.

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Poverty is an artificial concept that only exists while the parameters are accepted.

A child lives without the parameters even tho an adult may judge their condition inadequate.

Poverty is a figment when faced with adequate nutrition, housing, and opportunities for entertainment.

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Only if you believe that a society cannot exist where all are equal. Is mankind capable of such a society? Perhaps, perhaps not.

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If the future is unknown where we can only know the present and past there is no perhaps.

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I have to disagree. Poverty is a product of scarcity. The OP says it will NEVER disappear. Scarcity is already starting to disappear in a limited basis in the digital age. In the future (who knows when, just sometime) it’s more than possible that we will attain a level of automation and resource management that will make scarcity moot. Anything for anyone anytime. Would that not be an end to poverty? I’m not saying it’s going to happen, but that it is enough of a possibility to argue against poverty being a part of human society for its eternity.

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Isn’t poverty relative to other classes? If poverty were to be “destroyed”, middle class would just replace it. The way to end poverty would be to end classes I guess.

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the way to end poverty is to kill the poor.

or purge them, or whatever you want to call your 5 year plan…

-Imp

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Which would collapse society as we know it. Will the uptight, snobby classes really fish for their own caviar and pick their own grapes for their pretentious wines? :laughing:

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Logic, people!

Feed the homeless to the hungry - problem solved! :smiley:

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Better yet, let’s just kill everyone. Problem solved.