Quote Originally Posted by Idaho View Post
Not as flawed as the belief that they innately deserve to not have the same quality of life.
Thats not what I said at all and you know it.

I was talking about bringing poor people up to the same level as everyone else. Many factors go into a persons quality of life, some their fault and most not their fault.

Let me put it like this: a town needs ditch diggers and unskilled laborers. So does a country. So does a planet. The notion that every country and community on the planet be on equal prosperity footing is a farce. It completely ignores climate, geopolitical, religous, education level, culture, natural resources and a whole slew of other but-fors.

I do not want to see people suffer, nor do I want people to live in abject poverty.

What I am saying is that when approaching charitable giving, the idea that the people you are giving to DESERVE it is flawed.