| Gawad Kalinga is a massive organization that is | | | | the rich to simply give up their stature of wealth and |
| gaining lots of momentum right now. This group’s | | | | give their property for charity. But the capitalist system |
| vision started as simply providing decent and | | | | that is in place permits this kind of inequality to be |
| sustainable housing communities for the homeless. And | | | | perpetuated. |
| it is succeeding at this vision which surprises a lot of | | | | But solving the problem is a lot more complicated than |
| people. However, its vision right now is even more | | | | that. Think of how a poor person can rise out of his or |
| bombastic. Its goal now is to eradicate poverty itself. | | | | her situation. The old American platitudes that that say |
| Is there anyway to actually solve the problem of | | | | anyone can rise up from his or her situation with |
| poverty? It certainly seems bleak for a lot of people. It | | | | honest hard work no longer holds water. There are |
| seems that there is really nothing that can be done | | | | just some situations where a person can’t rise up |
| about this problem. But the truth is that there are | | | | from. A perfect example of this situation is exemplified |
| enough resources in our world right now to feed | | | | in the show the Wire. How can the poor, with no |
| everyone in the world. In this world, there are many | | | | education and with street values lift themselves up |
| people who have tons of money, while there are | | | | from their situation? They have no means. If there |
| people who have none at all. There are people who | | | | ever happens to be poor people who have gotten rich, |
| have no proper homes; they live in rat infested | | | | would these people do something to eradicate this |
| shanties and have to literally scrape trashcans for | | | | system that allows people to horde so much wealth |
| food. Then in opposition to this, there are people who | | | | while those around them suffer? How much money |
| own billions and billions. They own mansions and | | | | will they really give back to social reform? The rich will |
| yachts and each day they spend enough money to | | | | want to remain rich and they have all the power to |
| feed a hundred people in poorer countries. If the | | | | keep things the way they have always been. The |
| wealth was simply more evenly distributed then | | | | system keeps itself in place. The poor do not have |
| poverty would not exist. You will not of course expect | | | | many people to defend them or help them. |