Totally agree. I hope more people can open their minds and see this.

It's inherited by birth in a sense. Where you're born is very, very important.

A bum in the closest city can easily earn over $1.90 an hour. Let alone a day. 

Lol. 

That is my fault. My bad. However, I'm not sure if I can change the topic it belongs in. I think only mods can do that.

"To put it simply; they get it because of supply and demand. People really want to watch sports; particularly those played at a high level. However, there are only so many teams any one nation can support. In other words, the supply of extremely high quality players is limited by the size of teams. Thus, those that are good enough to play at a professional level will get paid a lot to do so.

Meanwhile, sweatshop workers barely make enough to live on because there's thousands of other people who will make clothes for pennies a day. The demand for clothes is certainly high, but the supply of potential clothesmakers is even greater."

I cannot argue against that. As much as I deny it, people do watch a lot of sports. 

"I don't think anyone will argue that it isn't a problem, but more along the lines of it's a nigh on impossible problem to solve without giving majority world nations time to develop, and perhaps some economic advice along the way so they don't spend themselves into incredible debt like Zambia has (very much aware of the hypocriscy coming from an American). If you, say, for instance, raise minimum wages in the country these workers are living in, the jobs will be taken elsewhere; corporations almost always seek to maximize profit. People will then turn to whatever they can to keep themselves fed; be it prostitution, selling drugs, or other even worse ventures. "

Of course it'll take long if we wanted to fix the issues in undeveloped countries. However, think about the religious countries- give them some education, internet, etc, and think how many of them will stop resorting to their superstition beliefs. There can be potential for the production needed to become a developed country. I mean, let's face it. No matter how many times a person from Africa reads their Bible, it won't solve anything. Though, some education is what's needed to make actual change.

"I'm not entirely sure I buy the "your life could be worse, so appreciate it more" argument, because yes, things could always be worse. Doesn't mean we shouldn't try to fix the things that are broken in the first world, even if they're relatively minor problems compared to underdeveloped nations. Simply ranting rarely helps, but having open discussions about things that are broken or working poorly can be extremely beneficial, and oftentimes leaves both parties better informed.

(Though yes, I agree, getting upset about a tomato on a hamburger isn't useful)"

Never said you ignore every issue. All I said was that many people take what they have for granted. Considering the amount of people I see nowadays crying because a person on the internet said something idiotic(such as "you're gay" and whatnot), I've slowly lost patience. I have to admit it. It's wrong for me to go ahead and criticize the living hell out of people who complain. However, it's hard. It's truly hard when you're a person who learns to accept things for what they are and move on. 

What?

Royal families? Kardashians?

Please tell me how creating a sex tape is an acceptable reason to become a millionare. 

Oh, and don't think I'm criticizing people such as Bill Gates. He earned everything from hard work(developed software and revolutionized computers). Why else do I have respect for him? because he's not selfish. He doesn't let his kids become filthy rich just because they're the son of Bill Gates. He also donates money and doesn't waste it.

Where you are born makes an extremely huge difference.

Imagine the difference between a kid born in Dubai and a kid born in Somalia. In all honesty, who's going to most likely have a better career?

Think globally. I'm in the top 0.5% according to the other thread about a similar topic. I work 70ish hours a week to make that possible. 

Being born in Australia made this possible. I just took advantage, basically. Wealth is earned. If you're given the opportunity. 

Granted, a lot of us may not get the same chance but since when did fair mean having equal chances ?

Being fair is the way of life in my eyes ...

He said most of them, not all of them. Plus, I'm totally fine with the examples you gave... if someone made money with a sex tape: congrats, you actually did something worthy to someone, otherwise it wouldn't cause commotion. I'd also add that luck is a (minor) factor on about everything else on life too.