Topic: Why do people stay poor? (Read 3522 times)

What is certain is that poverty is not a simple problem, it is a very structural problem,
that's why the poor will find it difficult to get out of this condition,
regardless of anything poverty will always be there.

One of the reasons is indeed as if conveyed in your writing. namely being extravagant or not being good at saving or in another sense is because you can't manage your finances properly. But another thing that makes it difficult for poor people to leave poverty is because they find it difficult to build relationships, they are belittled and sometimes their skills are not really appreciated. and yes there are many other reasons that have been discussed in this thread at length.

It is unbelievable that no one can lift himself out of poverty through proper timing and hard work. Those who do not know how to value time and are afraid to work are the ones who sink into poverty. There are some people in the society who work one day and sit for seven days. But he shows in the eyes of the people that he is involved in action. Those who do such hard work find it difficult to get out of the poverty line. I believe, it is definitely possible to eradicate poverty by using your brainpower and hard work

The influence of a country's government is indeed very large and it is very difficult to escape poverty when we live in a poor country or even a developing country.
Hard work to be able to earn a lot of money has to be done but it all comes back to the work and system of a country, I don't deny that what happened in the documentary finm story because I have also seen it first hand when someone worked very hard and spent a lot time but he could not get out of poverty line.

Who doesn't want to get rich? To be honest, a lot of our problems can be solved by having enough money. But why do people stay poor? It's because of the lack of opportunity.

Income
The lower class has to work hard everyday for a minimum of 8 hours a day just to earn a salary that isn't even enough for all of the expenses. Even if they have work, they just try to make their salary enough for their living expenses. It means that they don't have the opportunity to save for a possible business or investment to have another source of income. Poor people aren't lazy. Most of the time, they spend almost of their 24 hours working, yet it's never enough. While for rich people, even if they are sleeping, they are earning because the lower class are the ones who are working for them.

Education
Lower class don't have the privilege to have good educational opportunities that rich people have. Graduating to a prestigious university with great school credentials since you're only worry is your school works while poor people have to work and study at the same time. And once they start looking for a job, more opportunities come to those who have good educational background and credentials.

Connection
We live in an environment where the people around us are mostly in the same class as we are. So poor people tend to be surrounded with poor people with limited opportunities. While rich people often meet with other rich and powerful people where they can build and strengthen their connections and power.

the closest to reality is income that is not much, or less. I've seen several documentaries about poor countries. mostly, the people there work hard, study, and so on. however, the income they get is very little each month, even that is not enough to meet their household needs. So, they are hard to grow. in the end they use the land they own and their livestock to produce their own food, and the money they get from their work for other things. it is quite difficult to invest, or develop a business if the money we get is not enough to make ends meet.

It takes a second to think about getting rich but it requires a lot to get rich. This is proportional to brining your thoughts of ideas to a reality.

You could be confident when you chase getting rich because even when you're not yet at the hills you could sight the light at the end of the tunnel but you getting to the hill was just an illuminations that can't even give brightness to your perspective.

Many are mentally weak to output their possessions because there is no one to pull them up after they falls and no one to lead their ways where they can't find a way.

Many are rendered unproductive over rebellion and dubiousity so they don't have further energies and faith to keep pushing.
Everyone has a unique potentiality of production rather they needed to a strong uphold. This is why I made a topic here about "Walk with those on the same mission as you" if you want to achieve your aim.

No one wants to settle for less only that frustrations and lost of faith is real.

Not all riches count's that's why most rich people doesn't have Peace of mind and no self security confidence chasing one problem to the other.

If you want to wake you slumbering zeals of being rich, you must consider these....

* "Time":  which waits for nobody.

* "Responsibilities":  families/relatives, friends and  other's to depend on you.
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* "Connection":  don't expect or rely on anyone because people can fail.

* "Courage/Shamelessness":  Summon yourself  with a productive courage of capable doing whatever it takes at whenever, however and wherever without unsinful backward thoughts

* "Step":  put to work in practice and don't expect miracles when you don't take a step .

* "Bold/Confidence":  Have faith and believe it will work as you aim to chase after it without loosing focus.

A sufficient reason for being poor is that they do not have the money they need and they cannot or cannot work. Incomes are low and cannot save or save less due to low income. Due to this the investment is less or the capital is less they remain poor Apart from lack of education, lack of working knowledge laziness lack of ambition etc. there are many other reasons that I don't know The worst thing is to waste money the poor are more likely to spend everything on unnecessary activities and have no savings for the future.

Everything is very simple. I think everyone in his life has had a period when there is no money at all and work is bad, and you have to save literally on everything. With such a life, it is very problematic to postpone at least a minimum amount of money. And if there is no way to save, then there is no way to invest, and then get rich from this money. The main thing is to accumulate knowledge about investing and cryptocurrencies. And then at the moment when the money appears, then you will be able to use all your skills. The main thing is to find an additional source of income. And in order to do this, you need to convince yourself - in what are you better than others?

There are some people who actually spend the entire amount of money in their hands on their household and other unnecessary activities. They waste money on things they don't need and run out of money. Which in one word is called wastage. All these people do not know how to use their money. They don't think about the future. And they continue to waste their money. And because of these reasons some people remain poor.

It seems to me that a person who lives on the verge of poverty cannot simply come to the bank to take a loan and start earning more. Even without taking into account the fact that the bank most likely will not give such a person a loan, he will need to use the loan in such a way that it generates income, but can a person without proper experience and knowledge do this?

Many difficulties to overcome seem too difficult to get started. First you need to find a better job, improve your credit history and, most importantly, understand whether this person will be able to organize a profitable business when he receives a loan, it is also very difficult, especially without experience.

You won't find a man who doesn't want his position to change. Everyone expects to move from their position to a better position. Every poor person has a dream to come out of poverty but due to lack of adequate facilities many poor people are not able to change their position in the end. Sufficient money is needed to do business. When you go to the bank for that money loan, the bank will ask you for a certain property document, but the bank never tries to understand. If he had property, why would he come for a loan? People cannot come out of poverty mainly because they do not get enough opportunities and financial assistance

So. money isn't everything is it? yes. many ways to achieve happiness. basically why is that because ambition is inexhaustible. The ultimate goal is to make the family happy. however, people's perceptions are different, for me, the symbiosis of mutualism also plays a role. Rich people need people with a weak economy and people with a weak economy also need a helping hand from people who have strong finances.

It's ok to be happy

Most rich men that have it all are not as happy as some people that are poor, I have witnessed real love in a poor home than that of a rich home, the poor has their problems ( money ) and the rich are not free either ( fake love, hate, deceit ) etc.

No one wants to be poor but people adapts to things base on the environment where they are born and very few say no to been poor and leave such environment to get a better life, some people are stuck, they can't make decision for themselves.

You can get in trouble trying to help someone who you believe to be poor, because they will likely insult you and tell you that they are living a better life than you, in my country, some poor people can the rich people "The Unrest" because the rich are always on the run, they have things they are chasing, trying to achieve.

To be honest no one really wants to be poor. It so happened that each and everyone of us born to a different lifestyle and community. How lucky are the ones who grew up in a rich family that can give them all the needs and comfort of their lives, education, material things among others. It is hard to live in a poor community because being poor it means they lack access to education, lack of good nutrition, they cannot find a good job opportunities and others. I am pretty sure that everyone really wanted to get rich because being rich means that you can live a comfortable life without thinking of starvation, you can easily pay all the necessary bills without any complaints that the bills are too expensive. If the poor can access education easily i am sure they will study hard to be able to have a good job that can give them a comfortable life.

It's because of different privilege we have in our lives, we share different stories, different problems, and different status. The most accurate words for this that I've read is that "We might sailing in the same ocean, but we're riding different boat". So we can't literally say they wanted to stay poor, but for them it is what it is, they already accepted that fact that they are happy from what they have in life, and that's okay.

Which is true, most of the people in the urban area where are mostly influenced by money for you to survive have those emotions you've mentioned which caused by the money. If you've been raised to a community where all you needs are run by the nature and all you need to do is live, then for sure money wouldn't matter for them. You can't call them poor as they don't have the greed for money since they are already contented on how they are living with the nature which is I find peaceful.

Then you haven't meet some weird people, there are some tribes that don't give a heck about what someone can achieve in their life time if they do this or do that, they will tell you that they are happy and you will see it all on their faces, even you that want the best life and many good things in life won't be as happy as they are.

You can buy someone a car and they will tell you they don't need it, they will tell you they only want to eat and sleep well, I have traveled to some part of the country where they don't want lots of money, they said it attractive anger, envy, bad intent and others, they see money as the tool that get ride of the real happiness.

A strong desire to make changes in life is indeed very necessary and is the initial capital that must be owned by everyone who wants to raise their standard of living for the better. I personally always push myself personally to stay motivated and keep fighting to raise my personal standard of living. I always remember a wise saying like "The more difficult a struggle, the more beautiful when it achieves victory." and "Great things never come from comfort zones." those words sometimes succeeded in strengthening me when I was afraid to take a step forward. And I always believe that even those who are now rich must have gone through a road full of difficulties at first. Maybe they now seem to have some fun with their wealth. but of course they or their ancestors who are rich today maybe also must have fought from the bottom and continued to pass every test in life at the first before become the rich.

Brah.

Like people in poor countries have a choice. How can you ask it living in a country with countless opportunities to get rich or at least live a decent life even if you work in a Macdonald's (considering you live in the US)?

Read this book if you want to know more: Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (2011), but basically when you don't have a good economy and government in your country, you just getting in a 'poor' trap and don't really have a choice but to work on a low wage job (considering you will even find a job because in a lot of countries like South Africa unemployment is around 50%).

And I'm not even talking about good education because people in poor countries simply start working from a young age and miss school (if they even have one) just to earn enough money for food. Interesting fact, when a child works on a physically hard job from a young age, his brain and body tend to get worse because he is still underdeveloped. Add lacking of food and sleep as well and you will get a perfect picture of why these people are poor.

Poverty is not a choice, it's how life works for these people.