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RE: Cheapest Way to Feel Rich?
Whenever I hear snowflakes complaining in the USA about somebody saying a bad word, or something equally inane, I lose my cool because of things like this. There are even starving kids in my country and we are rapidly joining the ranks of the 3rd world for most of our population, yet we complain about somebody saying something mean, and my feelings hurt.
One of my friends from Pakistan, as we were working one day, we noticed a bottle of hair conditioner selling for $25! He picked it up and laughed, and told me, in his country, $25 would feed him, house him and pay for 1 month in college.
"Fallacy of relative privation ("not as bad as") – dismissing an argument or complaint due to the existence of more important problems in the world, regardless of whether those problems bear relevance to the initial argument."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies
You guys do realize that Jerry would agree with the thrust of your argument, right?
Him attacking a psychological problem that happens to exist in a first world country (I would argue, mostly thanks to the corporations who have purchased the government, who can probably be held responsible for both some of your complaints about poverty in the third world and Jerry's topic in this post) is in no way a validation of what you are complaining about.
Do you guys go around shaming animal rescue charities because they are "wasting" money that could be used on humans?
No, I'm sorry, friend, that's exactly the point I was trying to make. I wasn't trying to shame anybody.
Jerry is showing us, in what I consider to be a humble manner, his acquisition of wealth. He isn't showing us a yacht, or a fancy new Porsche. He isn't flashing stacks of cash, or fancy jewelry. He is showing us that he has acquired food for his family's needs in case of a barren period.
What I was trying to get at is that in my country, I am surrounded by obese ingrates, 'Victims of Plentitude' if you will, who have their needs taken care of to the point that they make drama where none should exist. Screaming in the streets about some perceived injustice because somebody said a bad thing [which, mostly I agree, maybe the thing shouldn't be said, but whatever. its up to each person to be mature enough to control THEMSELVES], while just down the street from their "protests" a child is looking for a meal, or grandma can't pay her heating bill. It's disheartening, and it hurts me deeply that people have such twisted priorities.
Our respective locales sound alarmingly similar.
Your friend is true. And here family pays $25-30 for slum, a single room, a public toilet and a public kitchen and a public tube well. I have a charity school, and I can feed fruits 50 underprivileged kids just with less than $12, once in a week.
One of my school kids was working as a child laborer for 25-30 dollars in a month . But I brought him at @SchoolForSDG4 . $ 25 can only let him sleep in slums for a month. I had to help them financially Because we started our life journey from such level. I also know how critical situation kids are facing in USA now for recent natural disaster and in many other countries too. May God save all.
I believe , If we really want to see how one feel wealthy in cheapest way, then we should find them who are feeling happy with $25 a month. May be their words do not reach on steemit but medium. I wish all kids will get foods and schooling from around the world.
Yes may God save us all! Thank you for the amazing discussion on this post!
Thank you @jerrybanfield. I am thankful to you because I became serious on steemit after watching your tutorials on facebook. thanks for welcoming arguments <3
The rich are rich for the same reason the poor are poor which is the feeling of not being enough. The pain of separation is the same for all. The same pain of the poor yelling how the rich steal the world is what motivates the rich to yell back that the poor deserve their lot. Our only exit is to wake up to our humanity and connect with each other honestly without judgement or condemnation because in this connected mind the poor would understand the rich and the rich the poor as equals. The poor would help the rich appreciate life and the rich would give the poor any material goods needed. Therefore, the poor and the rich are victims of the same disease.
The old monk saying says: Ha happy is that person who has a lot. But happy is that person who has enough!
Yeah I feel you. Whenever I encounter those real-life wages in most of the countries I feel somehow ashamed that we're making fuss about not getting a re-fill in a caffee.
"that we cry about not getting a re-fill in the caffee."
Can you cite even one example of this in real life?
"Straw man fallacy – an argument based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
No, I live in a 3rd world country where re-fills don't exist.
It was more metaphorical of course.
And my 'cry about' I meant 'demand something better', so sorry if I'm struggling making myself clear enough here, English is not my native language.
So I'm glad if I'm wrong about this one and 1st world people are better than media paints them. )
"1st world people are better than media paints them."
I'm not going to say we are great, but I think we're a lot better than this, yeah.
Thank you for your comment.