Rich Vs Poor Research Paper

When walking past a homeless man on a Chicago street, out of instinct, we avert our eyes and walk by as quickly as possible, hoping he doesn’t speak to us as we pass. As a country, it has become a social norm to treat the poor with less respect and dignity. We act as if the status of their wealth makes them less human, not even worthy of the acknowledgment of their presence. On the contrary, people flock to the rich like the seagulls in “Finding Nemo”. Enter into any “upper class society”, you will hear the constant, ”Mine! Mine! Mine!” as they talk of their wealth and possessions. If we saw Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, at a restaurant, we would all try to talk to him or even sneak a picture or two. Our society values riches and tells us having wealth will cause you to live blithely. In actuality, the poor have achieved the ultimate goal, living like Jesus. In that they hold the same values …show more content…
According to Wealth Can Make Us Selfish and Stingy. Two Psychologist Explain Why, the difference in compassion between rich and poor, “may reflect basic differences in how much the rich and poor attend to the needs of others around them. Whereas wealthy folk can rely on their money when times get tough, the poor are more dependent on others and invest more in their relationships.” The poor rely on those around them to help meet basic needs when they can not do so themselves. Because of this dependency, the poor can recognize and empathize when an individual's around them find themselves in the same situations. The compassion then comes in play when the empathy appears. The “empathy gap”, as the study calls it, is created when the rich do not have the dependence on people because they have the cushion of their wealth. Making them They are less likely to empathize with the people around them causing the lack of compassion, taking them a step away from Christ’s