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Originally Posted by Sly
Recent studies have shown that being "broke" isn't as connected to theft and murder as people tend to think.
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But if 99% of people are living in dirt hovels and are spending 90% of their waking time working for the basics such as food and shelter this tends to put a damper on the given society's creativity and technical advancement. Then the society in question begins to stagnate. Eventually even the 1% will suffer as things such as cures for their diseases are never realized because the people who might have discovered them are now working on a farm or sweatshop instead of where their natural talents are.