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This is a ridiculous poll. Obviously, there are many different reasons for poverty, including laziness, stupidity, bad luck, place of birth (africa or america?), social class of parents, etc. Many indeed.
Now, to say poor people are stupid would have some ridiculous implications. For instance, just about every person born in a third world country would have to be stupid. The whole thing about chances of education and jobs is left out of the matter, which seems like a rather stupid way to look at things.
Another interesting thing you would get to is that people who choose to spend their lives doing things they like but which do not make large amounts of money are stupid, while those that spend their lives doing stuff they absolutely hate but which makes them more money are intelligent. It seems like a characteristic of intelligence is placing more value on money than on living the way you like.
Also, apparently the worlds leading scientists and academics are almost all stupid when compared to the average manager. Even funnier: if two identical twins were separated at birth, and one would be taken to russia while the other would be taken to america, and they would grow up getting an education of equal quality, and would, after that, get exactly the same jobs... the one living in america could be considered 'intelligent' while the one living in russia could be considered 'stupid'.
Another example: when I was born, my parents were poor. Apparently, they were stupid at that time. Now, they have quite a bit of money - have they gotten intelligent all of a sudden?
Now, I could lose all of my money, which would make me 'stupid'. However, when my parents die, I will most likely be a millionaire. Will that make me 'smart' again?
This whole idea of the poor being stupid must indeed be the stupidest theory I have heard in years.
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