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Originally Posted by Variable
I think there's a big difference though between the poor in Canada and poorer countries. The people here who are struggling financially are definitely in way better shape than people struggling financially in less developed countries. And those people who are living on the street here I'll bet 99 times out of a hundred are there due to substance abuse, mental health issues or by choice.
And I think we can understand poverty as outsiders looking in, but it's not easy to know what it actually feels like. I've gotten into so many arguments with hippies because they think they have some kind of 'insider's view' on the matter, when really they haven't got a clue.
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Right, well even if that's the case, it's not like substance abuse or mental health issues are their fault really. And how many people live on the street by choice, really?
Do you know how many children in Canada live in poverty? That's not by choice.
And of course I don't know what poverty actually feels like. But like I said, if you see enough of it and interact with some poor people, then you get a better understanding of it. I dunno which hippies you've been talking to, but anti-poverty activists and the like have a better knowledge of the issue than most of us here.
