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Originally Posted by terriblecanyons
HERE and AFRICA are two different things. HERE, anyone has the opportunity to go out, get a job, and live on their own (for the most part... obviously not, in the current economy) (but that's beside the point). In Africa, people have NO CHOICE. They live in camps, waiting for the day they die - hunger, dehydration, being slaughtered by their own government or someone else's, and as far as I'm concerned, THAT is much worse than the whole capitalist idea of "needy". Our own country could use a LOT of work, sure, but obviously we're a lot better off than you'd like to think we are. You probably don't even know what it's like to be homeless, or starving. Imagine living that for your entire life.
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a) I don't imagine africans, I am a part of their communities. Some of my good friends here were once starving in those refugee camps you speak of, so don't think I don't understand the situations in Africa.
b) you seriously do not understand hunger in america. It almost sounds like you are blaming the hungry by saying shit like," anyone has the opportunity to go out, get a job, and live on their own"
are you implying that all the people who get food stamps, get free lunches at school, or get food assistance from shelters and food banks are just lazy? Sounds like reaganomics to me! watch out with that mentality, it is bullshit!
People that get food assistance in America are as desperate as many in Africa. Did you know that millions of people in Africa who receive food aid are not scrambling in refugee camps and dying in the bush, but are living in cities and go to work, just like many of the americans who receive similar aid?
The reality of food assistance is that is is provided for people who by circumstance can not afford to feed themselves. You should not judge the morality of the circumstance, just the fucked up situation that for whatever reason, people are forced to beg and receive hand outs for food.
If it is because there is no food in war or famine, that is one thing. But often whether in Africa or America, it is simply a question of rent or food, and most people have to pay the rent.