As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems. Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources—what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.
Poverty is not just all about lack of finances and resources. At some point, it can also be the state of being inferior. So if we talk about poverty, the best people who can share insights and concepts about this are those who are actually experiencing extreme poverty, and those who are only faking and pretend that they belong into extremely poor individuals.