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Originally Posted by ZTT
Thailand, like other developing countries, has (and/or had) a major advantage over the West: extreme ultra poverty. Lucky bastards.
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not to take away from your statement, which has good points, but the poor in Thailand live better than the poor in the US.
in fact, the poor in Thailand generally don't even know they are poor. they've been living that way for centuries.
i live in a village full of "extreme ultra poverty", if you consider less than 5% of the households earn more than $100 a month. they don't think they are poor. they go to the temple, they go to the farm, they have huge gardens for food, they have parades and parties.
the poor in the cities are a different story, but that's a tiny minority.
my point = poor countries aren't ghettos like poor neighborhoods in the US.
and yes, the comfortable leisurely American lifestyle caused this constant political and social battle. it happened before the fall of Rome too.
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