Many people are totally unaware of the actual extents of poverty in the world.
I made this blog to help expand awareness and aid people as to what they can actually do about it.
So I guess I should start with a definition of my perspective of social justice. The definition is very varied between people. So here's is my definition:
Social Justice - All people in the world deserve an equal chance to make their place in the world.
To me that means that everyone is entitled to a decent Home, Food, Water, Health and Education. The basics of survival and education to be able to go anywhere.
Many other definitions lean totally towards communism. If communism actually worked it would be awesome. But because of human greed it would not. So I therefore believe in equal opportunity and the provision for the needs for survival.
Poverty is man made, if you want to debate the matter I would happily. But it's often something we would like to deny. Although it's not all man made by us in the western world, a lot of it is. These societies are unable to develop because of the things we do which I will elaborate on at a later date. But there's also the leaders in those countries selfishly taking when we try to help.
But what it comes down to, poverty is created by human greed, full stop.
So what extent is poverty a problem today? Here is a link to one of my favourite videos for opening eyes on the matter:
Miniature Earth
Monday, December 1, 2008
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