Minor issue; don't think this belongs in gaming discussion, but whatever.
I know many rich people that don't deserve the money they earn- good examples? Sports players and models. I never understood why they get to gain millions while people working to death get a few dollars a day.
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.
Sure, a lot of people will say "suck it up" or such. Though, I don't see how anyone could ignore such an issue. Most of us complain about little things such as a tomato in your sandwich, or maybe you're stuck with a test. Just kills me when people with a good life complain over nonsense. Makes it worse when the place you're from is filled with poor people(from Jerusalem. The poor people I see there always makes me feel guilty).
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.
It would be nice if there was some balance between the rich and poor. 62 people shouldn't have the same amount of money as 3.5 billion humans. It would also be nice if a lot of people appreciated the life they have.
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)
