Originally Posted by OccultHawk

It is. Another problem we have is time and setting. Just saying poverty leaves the door open to every civilization that ever had a monetary system. Then inside that we have billions of individuals.

I have a feeling you’re thinking like you did when I took apart your time travel vs space travel question. You’re thinking ffs you know what I mean just work with me here. But I’m thinking feudalism, slavery, victims of famine, failed revolutions, unfair banking practices, capitalism vs communism, IMF debt, IMF bailouts, American slums, modern day India, credit card debt, student loans, expensive health problems, and on and on.

You poopooed the first thing I said as a persnickety point over semantics but I was opening the conversation with a point about how the haves dictate the language we use to justify the exploitation of the poor.

Anyway, if you’re looking for universal patterns, where there’s money you’re very likely to find people who are able to hoard it and others who suffer from being on the other side. It’s also very likely that money is power and power means more money but the degree to which the cards are stacked against the poor vary from situation to situation. A dude in Ireland might have a bad hand but a kid in Ethiopia was probably never even allowed to know there’s such a thing as a hand.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

It actually works on my iPhone. I just downloaded a free book and started reading just now.

Originally Posted by grindy

What if you sell the poor timeshares?