The Three Sides Of Poverty

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There are always variations in the living standards among the people from place to place, and from time to time. Greed, injustice and inequality are the three sides of the triangle of poverty and when we see one of them or all, poverty is always there. Humans cannot overcome a serious problem such as poverty without addressing those three issues. Even this problem is worldwide; it varies from area to area. It is higher in areas which were colonized for a long time before such as Africa, Asia and Latin America than other areas which were not colonized for a long time such as Europe and America. We cannot imagine that one percent of the population has controlled most of the international financial assets and creates a massive change …show more content…
A lot of wars were established internationally and intentionally to increase this gap, not just between nations, but also between people. The wars give birth for many problems such as massive waves of immigrations across the globe, refuges and instability all over the world. The entire international financial system has been damaged and it needs to be repaired. We all have to admit that there is a serious problem called poverty and we have to stand together to solve it otherwise it will hurt all. We cannot sit and watch many nations around the world falling and declaring bankruptcy and others are removed from the maps in front of our own eyes without doing anything. The main solution is falling on the shoulders of the one percent and they have to play the main role in this scenario because if the fire started and it seems to be closer than ever, they will be burned …show more content…
Removing religion from the public square at all levels will not just create a suitable environment for cultivating greed, injustice and inequality, but also will create a vacuum for many other problems to exist and to grow up. Even if we try to solve all those issues, especially poverty, through many different ways, we will not fully succeed in the long term till we return to our roots, our religious conviction. Empathy, sharing, compassion, love, justice and equality are the main moral instructions of all religious teachings. Sadly, as modern thinking and technology progress are rising today, human’s religious conviction is declining due to the growing of the sense of self-sufficient; humans are feeling that they are not in need of God or even His teaching. In the meantime, it will be smarter depend on all, modern thinking, technology and our religious teachings if we want to succeed globally in eradication of poverty totally and

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