62 richest people has as much money as poorest 3.5 billion humans

[MTZehvor]

Aeolus451 said:

MTZehvor said:

Aeolus451 said:

ironmanDX said:

fatslob-:O said:
It's absolutely fair IMO ...

Most of the wealth is earned, not inherited and saying otherwise is denying ...

 

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. 

No, it's comes down to intelligence and making the right choices. A person who's born into wealth can lose everything easily and a person who's born into squalor can rise out of it.

 

Here's a homeless girl who managed to graduate HS and go to harvard

http://abcnews.go.com/US/abandoned-teen-dawn-loggins-graduates-homeless-custodian-harvard/story?id=16520080

 

Here's another homeless girl who graduated HS and went to harvard

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/24/khadijah-williams-homeless-harvard_n_4493490.html

 

This is what homeless can make if they use their mind in other ways

http://residentiallychallenged.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-much-does-panhandler-really-make.html

 

If someone has been poor their whole life, most likely it's their fault.

You're using exceptions to attempt to disprove a rule. Poor children are far less likely to be able to attend quality schools or receive any sort of reliable tutoring from their parents. They are also far, far more likely to live in dangerous neighborhoods. As a result, they usually learn far less, they are able to focus far less on school, meaning that they are far less qualified to compete in the workplace. Their parents likely won't be rich enough to send them to college. Due to this they get low paying jobs, never make enough money to escape the low income status, and the cycle repeats. Over 70% of kids born poor stay poor throughout their entire life. 

Sure, there will ocassionally be the exceptional student who is gifted enough to overcome those obstacles, but the vast majority of kids aren't. I've worked with low income public schools before, and trust me, the idealized "American dream" (or Western Dream depending on where you live) is not attainable for everyone.

I'm attempting prove that there is no rule that people have to remain poor. It's literally their choice. 

It literally isn't, and I'm a little skeptical of whether you've ever studied poverty if you truly believe being poor is a choice in the majority of cases. Many poor people aren't that gifted. Many poor children never develop basic learning skills that can shape the rest of their lives. Many poor families can't afford college, meaning their kids are likely never going to get any sort of high paying job. Poor kids are far more likely to have abusive parents, drastically affecting their ability to interact with people (and hurting their chances of interviewing well for a job or anything similar). Poorer families are much more likely to require aid from newly working kids, meaning less time can be devoted to studying, and preventing them from saving as much as they could when they get out into the world. Poorer children are also less likely to learn basic financial planning.

You're correct that there is no rule that every single poor person will always remain poor. There is an extremely tangible relationship, however, and you're only fooling yourself if you think the reason why 70% of poor children remain poor throughout their life is just because "they chose to be poor."