“Poverty will always exist no matter what system we create”
Agree
- Every system has winners and losers
- Human inequality is natural and inevitable
- Relative poverty exists even with wealth
- Eliminating poverty removes motivation to work
Disagree
- Wealthy nations have nearly eliminated absolute poverty
- Policy choices create poverty, not nature
- Universal basic needs are achievable
- Defeatism perpetuates unjust systems
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