Originally Posted by protonitron
You can't argue that it is always people's own fault for living in poverty since it is not easy to escape from it. We shouldn't just say "oh you were born in a family who can barely afford good because your parents are alcoholic, tough luck."
If a person in this situation is unable to do anything about it (e.g. children) then it is understandable. However, once these people are able to at least try to do something about their situation and don't, then they are to blame. Complacency isn't an option.
Originally Posted by protonitron
Because these groups of people can drag down the economy both through causing national image problems and through crime.
Despite popular belief, these types of people are necessary to the survival of the economy. Without the poor, there cannot be the rich. Without crime, there cannot be lawmakers. Yes, it is detrimental to the national image, but this can work to the nation's advantage if a proper system is created and implemented.
Originally Posted by protonitron
If I had been born into a less wealthy family I would probably have been a pretty massive failure as a person.
There is no way to verify this theory. It is likely that you would be an extremely different person had you come from that situation. You may even have never heard of a game called Toribash (the very thought!). This difference alone creates massive rifts in the levels of intelligence, character, and worldview between the two of you.
All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That’'s how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.
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