I don't believe poverty is a choice. Given the option, I think the majority of the people would choose having money or at least a secure lifestyle, where they have their basic necessities for living. Even if one is a Siddhartha or a Christopher McCandless, where he/she chooses to give up the wealth and material items in life in search for a meaning and inner peace, I highly doubt hey would continue the next generation without providing the best for their children. In other words, even if a person chooses to give up money, there wouldn't be generations of their family line being poor, which is by definition, what poverty means.
Most cases in America are great examples to explain how poverty is not a choice. The majority of impoverish groups are generation after generation of poverty, of being deprived of basic human necessities: food, shelter, clean water, and clean air. Most of the time there really is no escape; there are no higher education offered or available. Sometimes even with the motivation, determination and education, they might not be given the chance.
No comments:
Post a Comment