A Little Poverty Never Hurt Anybody Ruthless Exploiters, Inc.

Jason Miller

To gain some perspective on the extent of human suffering, avarice, and depravity associated with the gross imbalance in wealth and power, weigh these facts: 1. More than half of the 6.5 billion human souls populating Earth subsist on less than $2 per day. 790 million of the deeply impoverished suffer from chronic malnutrition (while 65% of US Americans are overweight). 2. 20% of the human race does not have access to clean water and 31% of the world’s population has no electricity. 3. Combining the gross domestic products of the 48 poorest nations (representing 25% of global population) yields a figure that is less than the wealth of the three richest people in the world. 4. "Developed nations" account for 80% of the world’s consumption and 20% of the world’s population. 5. The wealth gap between the richest and poorest countries went from 3 to 1 in 1820 to 72 to 1 in 1992. 6. Corporations account for over half of the 100 wealthiest entities in the world. 7. And most tragically: "According to UNICEF, 30,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they "die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death."...

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