Do you think poverty is the result of the individual or a faulty system? Explain your reasoning.?

Answer 1

It's a little of both.

In a faulty system not everyone has equal access to things such as school, or extra curricular activities such as sports, and clubs. Even material things such as clothes, or video games or toys. When people don't have equal access to the things our system appraises as good and must have, it creates pressure on the person to get these items. In a faulty system some people have too much money and some people too little. So someone might go steal something because they cant afford it.

However, some people are just lazy, or they feel its hopeless so they dont try. Or they dont see any other options and become content living a life of lower monetary value.

Additionally, the capitalistic system allows for money to gather in a small amount of peoples hands. It takes money to make money, and rich people can easier make money than poor people. Poor people can sometimes become rich with more effort than rich peoples kids but its harder.

So in short, a faulty system does cause poverty, but people aren't entirely controlled by the system and can escape povery in some cases.

Answer 2

There are so many different types of poverty. Poverty of the mind, the soul, the pocketbook, or perhaps poverty caused from the advanced evolutionary movements of man leaving behind an uneducated population that is unable to keep up? Or is it the other way around and poverty appears where a people are too impatient and intolerant and do not want to be held back by the poverty struck populations as they call it. And then there is just plain poverty that wants to stay like it is and not change a thing even though it plays the game of "let's all move forward" but never do.

Answer 3

There will always be people who aren't able to fit into the job market, to contribute to the economy. All countries have them, but some countries, even rich, developed countries, have much more poverty than others, so it can't -all- be that.

Here in the US we consider 5% unemployment as 'full employment'. When the unemployment rate dips below 5%, we raise interest rates to 'cool down' the economy. We do this because it keeps wages down. In other words, we constantly have 20 workers playing 'musical chairs' for 19 jobs. That 20th guy who gets left out, we say he's -lazy-.

In the US we have always bragged that we have 'social mobility', that a kid can be born poor but still become successful and wealthy. We have presidents born in log cabins and all that. But the only escape route for kids born into poverty is public education, and our education system is deteriorating, being de-funded. The result is multigenerational poverty, kids who grow up knowing nothing else. We have almost made an art of this in the US. Even blacks who have gotten ahead through affirmative action, once they become successful they no longer believe in affirmative action.

Answer 4

both, but when societies reallocate wealth to even the playing field within a decade or so the people that had the money before the reallocation almost always have the money again afterwards. the system tried but those that donot rely on the system to make the playing field more fair and rely on their own abilities will more usually wind up on top. those that do rely on the system expecting the system to give them what they need and not on their own abilities will more often wind up on the bottom. a slave to the system not a master of the system and in poverty.

Answer 5

It depends,some are due to peoples laziness,for example where people have access to land but can't toil the land to plant crops,but expect the government to pay welfare allowance or come into the cities to beg.Faulty system also contribute where people are alienated off their land,and have no place to go.There is generally unequal distribution of resources as the result the rich become richer and the poor poorer.

Answer 6

Poverty is completely determined by the economic system.

If there was a standard of living established and promoted there would be no poverty.

If every human being received a stipend for minimal standard of living there would be no poverty.

There is enough resources to supply ever human with food, shelter and clothing.

The reason for poverty is empathy, indifference and greed.

Answer 7

Its a result of both. Sometimes I think that these people in ghetto type areas just need to leave and move somewhere where there are better paying jobs. But those same people most likely dont have the right kind of education because their schools never had enough funding to teach them very well.

Answer 8

Poverty is the result of rampant child abuse that results in both massive numbers of people that have mental illness, many of those end up in jail.

Answer 9

i think its a bit of both, has to find a balance between two to perish poverty