The Noble Peace Prize winner Says "Cure Poverty, and you Cure Conflict" Do you agree?

Question

The lastest Noble Prize peace prize winner, Muhammad Yunus :says
Attack the causes of poverty and you
remove the roots of conflict.
Jeffrey D. Sachs Yale economist has made the bold claims, of “We actually have within our ability, because of the power of technology and because of the phenomenal wealth that exists in the world, an opportunity that is remarkable and that, I think, is a great danger to not take." To end Poverty

This is the same viewpoint held by myself. It’s the same attitude valued by Maine’s Hospitality House Inc. Hospitality House Inc., protects lives of the homeless and aims to debunk the myths which keeps poverty mired in the culture.


Jan LightfootLane

Answer 1

While what you are proposing is noble, the only way to truly cure conflict is to change the human heart. Virtually all wars have been fought for money and power. You can't cure conflict until you cure greed. That affects us all, rich or poor.

Answer 2

Jeffrey D. Sachs Yale economist has made the bold claims, of “We actually have within our ability, because of the power of technology and because of the phenomenal wealth that exists in the world, an opportunity that is remarkable and that, I think, is a great danger to not take."

You have to realize what Sachs is really about, coercion and force and making a real slave industry. He uses his doctor wife as an example of how some people must be coerced and forced into doing things that are wrong for them and theirs in order to make it better for those overall per capita, but that does not change the fact that the rich are getting richer all the time while the poor are being used as slaves.

He promotes industries that use robotic slave wage workers and he promotes people giving up their human rights in order to some how better them selves. He does not speak of the rich coming down and the poor coming up he speaks of the poor coming up if they can, no matter what sweatshop work they must do and the rich getting richer.

Many times these sweatshop jobs actually do not give one the skills or the finances that they need to come up out of poverty and they can be dangerous and crippling too, neither does any government or social program allow for one to come up out of poverty at this point. Yes, it it may some times be a way that a few people can maybe learn to make it, but until the government corruption stops and things are equaled out more this is not going to stop or change any thing.

He does also say this, "poverty is a trap" and I agree with it. Poverty is a man made government made trap for the rich to keep the poor from ever having enough to get out of it and that must change. They are also now using this trap to build data bases that will point out the lower class and poor as mentally ill because they seem to fail to find any real way to do any thing any better.

Just my humble oppinion, Janie

Answer 3

While curing poverty would be a wonderful thing, and would help to reduce tensions among many groups worldwide, it would not be a panacea as people often seek power for their own dreams of glory and domination. If you examine the root causes of revolution throughout history (America included), you will learn that people seek to change the world for reasons as noble as self-determination and liberty (the U.S. in the 18th century) and as demented as personal and nationalistic pride (Germany in the 1930s and 40s).

For many, poverty is a reason for war. For some (I would contend Hitler included), poverty is an excuse to wage war because of frustrations about the world in general.

While Dr. Yunus' goal is very noble and is doing great good, making people less poor will not sap, unfortunately, all the evil out of humanity. And even his home country of Bangladesh, while currently mired in poverty, was created as part of a religious conflict between India and Pakistan.

I, as others, remain hopeful ending poverty would have a lasting impact for peace around the world, but realize there remain many reasons for one group to hate another.

Answer 4

Some things are worth fighting for. I can't cure cancer, but I can support cancer research. I can help be part of the solution instead of doing nothing. There are some things that absolutely should not be endured or taken lying down. Injustice comes to mind. But it also depends on the situation. Some things we put up with because of the bigger picture. In order to reach a goal, maybe we have to put up with something we don't want to. I don't like going to the dentist, but I go because I want to have healthy teeth and gums. So, I suck it up and tolerate the dental hygenist poking around my mouth with the bright light all up in my face. So, I guess I'm saying we have to pick and choose what's worth fighting and what's worth enduring.

Answer 5

I hope Mr. Yunis didn't win the Noble for making the quote that is merely a mince of words which is a more easily said than done issue.
In our attempts(attacking cause) to end poverty as witnessed in Somalia ends up as a futile attempt at bravery, with loss of life to those concerned.
And hey Jeff !! wake up and dare to remove yourself from the 4 walls of academia and actually walk for a day in the shoes of one of those who toil in poverty and who is "WE" come on Jeff, pony up a couple million of your stock options in technology.
All across America we see communities that now are vestiges of poverty and that at one point in communities history was a thriving Mecca of industry. and when all off the areas resources are depleted, watershed is polluted,and leaving behind those who will meet poverty. The Industry pulls out and leaves behind in its greedy wake, a mess. Technology itself creates poverty. Just because we have the tech,does it mean you need to deploy it? people need jobs,the advent of a new technology promises unemployment due to the lack of technical Knowledge the new tech requires to operate. subverting poverty would be responsibility of the originators of the innovation to freely train those who would otherwise be adversely effected by its deployment. Corporate Responsibility..What a concept,do not just pack up and leave,rather stay and deal with issues that will surface. Do not burn the bridge,rather build a very strong one so that people can follow and would be happy to do so .
Be it one person or an entire nation. It is having the knowledge in effectivly identifiying individual causes of poverty that is the hurdle to jump.

Give a man a piece of bread and you can feed him for a day, but in showing him how to make that bread will feed him for a lifetime.

Answer 6

Ending poverty would fix most of the Worlds problems with conflict. People who are content and working are not intested in fighting for more.

Answer 7

This is very true, but unfortunately it will never happen as long as we have a bunch of greedy crooks ruling this world.

Answer 8

No, there have always been and always will be people who are mentally "different" who cause problems for the rest!

Answer 9

That would be half of it. The other half is people seeking power.

Answer 10

Not agree