A Can of Man, I would agree with you if we could say that you are rich because you worked for it and that they are poor because they didnt work for it...
Life is NOT fair. Some are lucky, they have resources, and others are just unlucky... They got a desert where nothing grows...
No problem with this part. But the problem lies somewhere else.
The economic world was written and established by the Western countries. They built in a way to give the advantage to the people having an industry, military forces and a strong financial force.
The system we built, the system we defend... Is described as fair. But actually it isnt.
And some people have NOTHING while others have EVERYTHING.
I just cant list you how unfair the system is, I'm not an economist or a banker... But the situation is that we can explain how some people are miserable and crushed under problems by the good situation of a few people...
The whole system is corrupt to the bone.
The system wasnt made by/for the hard working person. No, it was made by bankers/industrialists/rich parasites who dont create any value... and it was made for their own kind.
And the system isnt working... They are burning resources and destroying human lives to survive. Look at the economic crisis we are suffering from.
We didnt find the economic equilibrium yet. We are still learning. And honestly, we didnt care about the countries we were crushing... Because our lives were good. But now, we see that we might end like these people too. This is why we start to question the system...
But once again,
A Can of Man, I'm NOT talking about welfare or investment in the traditional meaning of the term. I'm talking about compensations.
As an example, let the Africans adopt the US dollar as a currency... Just to not see the value of their work lost when swapping currency...
Just let them buy equipment and sell the natural resources they have in the same currency.
Just do that, dont give them anything... And it will bring your way of life a little and it will rise their way of life by 40% or something like that...
You are not lucky, you are privileged. They take something from the others to give it to you...
It was cheap oil (at the price of water) in the beginning of the century, so you can build factories and drive automobiles cheaply...
And as you are rich, you always get first when you buy resources. The best metal, the best this, the best that...
As you are rich, you get the best doctors. The best education, the best security, less corruption...
As you are rich, you are powerful, so you dont see slavers coming to make you work in a diamond mine... You dont walk on land mines while you are traveling... And if you find oil in your backyard, you dont see the neighbor invading to take it from you...
You get my point... not?
It's a winner takes all contest... And you have to race with the African who stepped on a mine when he was 12...