sc94597 said:
Sure, but not all poor live in impoverished areas, and the point made was that it is due to the associated cultures (trailer trash, gang culture, etc) that make those places undesirable. Not the poverty. I am sure you have the same thing in Canada by the way. ;) China is a socialist country in name only. The structures for the mode of production are all capitalist structures, there is a large inequality (much larger than in the U.S or free market capitalist Hong Kong) in the population, and materialism runs just as rampant as it does in the West. While there is strong government influence and ownership, one can just call that corporatism or a mixed-economy at best. China was socialist and that didn't work out. Now it is a state capitalist economy. I have never experienced anyone feeling better or worse than another because of their income here, except the caricatures like Donald Trump (essentially not real people you meet on the street.) In most cultural analyses the U.S is noted as not having much social stratification between economic classes, but more between ethnicity and race as it had no history of feudalism, but had a strong racial history, when compared with Europe. Much of what you are seeing is cultural/ethnic conflict, not class conflict.
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We do. I didn't say or even suggest we didn't. It's mostly just in the bigger city centers, or some small towns. They are actually pretty rare for the most part, but with that said we do only have about 1/10 of the population that the US does. You don't need to be getting so defensive about this. It is what it is, what I'm saying is not meant to be a shot towards the US.
There are always going to be those that have more wealth than others, even if they were all given the exact same. It's due to a persons ability utilize what they have.
Yeah, much of the distinction between the poor and not so poor and the distinction between them shared a lot of racial differences. I don't give a shit about that though. The fact is that the poor were being treated like shit. Practically swept away. LA, Hollywood and much of California, Houston, Miami (although to a lesser extent). It was certainly more rampant in the southern states. Racism is ridiculous.
I should make myself a bit more clear on this I think. It's quite possible that since I'm not used to seeing it I took more notice of it.
The only countries I have been to where I haven't noticed a large difference between the rich and poor were Dominican Republic, I haven't seen all of the country and everyone was poor. They all seemed quite equally poor for the most part. I'm not saying they weren't happy or not doing well or anything like that, but compared to what I'm used to seeing in Canada, and the US, they were certainly poor. Another is Cuba. Almost everyone there are the same. But it kind of makes sense since a Doctor only makes 4 dollars more an hour than a bus driver. I met someone that worked as both, two jobs. I can't remember why she said she was doing it, saving up for something I think. However, due to the embargo, I wouldn't consider them "first world" because of the lack of ATM's, debit, interac and certain things I take for granted with everyday use.
I haven't been to China so I am just going by what I know of the country. It has come a long way in the last decade. But it's still closed off from much of the world. They tend to produce for themselves. But realistically I think almost every country in the world uses more of a mixed economy. Plus things change over time. Some of the Baltics come close to socialism and they are some of the happiest countries in the world, but with that said they are mixed.
Gotta figure out how to set these up lol.
