Gary Haugen: The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now

[@zwagig1761]

Sadly this made me realize that how much of a privilege it is to have basic safety and how lucky it is to be to live a life without experiencing any violence or unwanted tragedy.

[@radfoo72]

@Lady Bonezz So you're telling me the protection I receive from Law Enforcement that others do not is not a result of my white privilege? Then what makes me so special compared to marginalized individuals?

[@hud86]

You're lucky to not suffer trauma in this life. Poverty or wealth both have these issues. The poor have better coping mechanisms from years of experience. The wealthy are suffering as well, just in other ways. Finding love and commonality is key to a better world

[@shintsu01]

Mind blown this was a wake up call for me! great talk!

[@shamsyousafzai99]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppzMhYqNid6kqs0&ab_channel=ShamsullahNabizadahYousafzai Why Poverty exists... Plz watch this Video

[@NahashonKimemia]

The most powerful TED talk I ever heard. Speaking from Africa, what Haugen says is nothing but the truth. If only the world including Africans would listen to him and have some compassion for their fellow human beings.

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

Nahashon Kimemia Where in Africa my friend? Its a biiig continent :)

[@NahashonKimemia]

monkeytrollu That is true, it is a big continent. I come from Nairobi, Kenya. You? What part of this mighty world do you call home?

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

Nahashon Kimemia I was born in New Delhi, India. I dislike generalizing to the whole continent of Africa. I mean, to many people there are Americans, Japanese, British, French and then AFRICAN. I dislike this kind of generalization.

[@NahashonKimemia]

monkeytrollu Ideally, that is how it should be. More specifically, Sub-Saharan Africa should come together as one. The problem is not all over Africa. The rich can bu protection, from Cairo to Johannesburg, Nairobi to Lagos. It is the same script all over. The outside world generalizing us is irrelevant. The fact that a lot of truth exists in some of their generalizations e.g. heightened state of violence against the poor is what should worry us.

[@TheVanillatech]

Nahashon Kimemia We are not educated in the West to be compassionate to the cause of African, or Global Poverty. The concept is entirely missing from our 6-16 year olds curriculum. Deeper than that, we in the West are not socially geared towards compassion of any kind. We are taught individualism, self gain, climbing the ladders and stepping over people to gain higher reward. I don't include religion in this, because in my large City in the UK, I struggle to think of a single friend or associate who regularly goes to Church. Not that the Church has done much, in their time of ruling Europe under the Crusades, their main mission was certainly not that to seek out and feed the hungry. Regardless, nothing is going to change anytime soon, while the people in power seek to maintain the status quo that suits themselves. The Newspapers, the Politicians, the people who write our National Curriculums - have no interest in solving world hunger. It is not profitable to feed the poor, after all. The biggest problem I can see is that with our systems, we have enough produce to feed ourselves effectively. There is waste, but it is still profitable for the few corporations in control of the food industry in the West. They balance this, as every other business is balanced, as carefully as they can. We do not even give food to the homeless in our own countries, and in parts of the USA and UK this is illegal. You can go to jail for giving homeless people food. Food that YOU bought. So instead of asking people to be compassionate, which I am sure they all are, you really need to go to the people with the power to do something about it. The worlds population is expanding rapidly. This is not going to change. We are going to be our own doom in the end. But for the finite time our species has on Earth, wouldn't it make more sense to share the things we have that make life worth living with every child? Go bark up the right tree. You cannot blame the poor, misinformed and conditioned population for something they have no power to change. If you do not get an answer, then perhaps the solution doesn't lie in "asking" at all. Perhaps we should just do it. And see who tries to stop us.

[@allthatmatters8752]

It is unfortunate that some people do not understand the message of this TED talk. The point is, the $$ that will be spent in foreign aid anyway should be directed to programs that will make a difference in the long-run; programs to provide better law enforcement, specifically. If you are capable of understanding the problem and can analyze the proposed solutions using logic and compassion, you will likely see that he has a very good point. Why not give it a try? It just might help improve the dire circumstances those poor people are living in, right?

[@declareworr]

they tried this it was called colonialism. worked out ok i guess depends who you ask

[@Aidan-Moore]

If you think that the comment you are responding to is advocating for colonialism, then you need to check up what colonialism is.

[@yachthvac469]

Government and police corruption needs to be addressed at the same time. It is a big part of the problem.

[@ParallaxView111]

I have never seen an ad to help pay for police protection in another country. Police in India beat people with sticks. Mexican police are notorious for corruption and taking bribes. How do you get another country to stop that?

[@BasedInBrazil]

Yeah like birth control before any aid is given.

[@lauracarreira9157]

There is too much greed in this world to cover poverty. What can make you ill is that greed takes advantage of poverty. I hate too hear this, but here in this country America is increasing in homelessness and houses that no one can afford ( or rent) and jobs along with middle class businesses dying.

[@jacie1137]

This ted talk deserves way more views , i don t understand why such elaborate and educationnal and eye openning speeches never get the recognition they deserve

[@dennisdonovan4837]

Gary - Thank you for making this issue an advocation for your life and making this effort to dispel our ignorance concerning yet another ugly truth concerning predation of the poor and powerless. I hope some real and lasting good comes of your work...

[@itamarserafim850]

In my opinion he only said obvius facts, since he is talking about places where experience decades of population bulge. If family planning where implemented, let's say in the 40's you'd not be seeing this situation today, that's sure.

[@hassanismaeel5613]

It's a shame no one clapped at 16:55! Amazing talk

[@logmeinwtf]

"Through judging, we separate. Through understanding, we grow."

[@reecem367]

Gay!!

[@RalphDratman]

This brilliant talk is a perfect example of how TED is helping to improve our world.

[@rosemariemontague4130]

Thank you so much for this very powerful discussion and for making the connection of violence to poverty, which seems clear, but as a human community we do need to talk and to act. This was excellent, and it is crucial that we contribute in any way to ending violence at home, in our communities, as well as globally. The heart of human compassion is at the center of making the changes necessary to help and care for one another. THANK YOU again for your contributions and for helping to raise awareness of these crucial issues around the world.

[@cheonshinyul922]

I'm a student who lives everyday complaining about things that I am determined to have but cannot achieve and I have to say that I'm immature in that sense. I have a safe house that protects me from any kind of violence, family and friends who take care of me and an education that enhances my knowledge of the world. I realized by watching this video that the major reason I subsist and study everyday is to get those people out there of sexual assault, domestic violence and overall poverty. However, it devastates me that all the help we've been giving through charity has not had any effect. If violence and poverty still rages on, where are the money we have gave to aid those people? Where did all the "compassion" go? If our method of the past was wrong, what is the primary change we need to confront in order to stop poverty? Somebody please tell me, because not knowing the answer to this question makes my life meaningless, having desired to study international studies to eliminate the roots of social, economic and political crises. Transform of resources and expertise, I get that but is it only me that it sounds a bit ambiguous? My English is not perfect as it is not my mother tongue and I might have missed some vital points, but to me it seems that he did not provide a concrete answer to resolve the 'locust effect'. Does it say in his book what change we should make?

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Cheon Shin Yul, you raise an important question. I think that the foundation upon which our societies are built upon has proven to be inadequate. My belief is that the main lesson history has taught us, has been overlooked. We are at the core of our problems. The same pattern of violence that has plagued us throughout our brief history of time, continues to harm us today. Our fundamental problems stem from within. Many individuals in power use excuses for immoral behavior, taking the Machiavellian point of view, where “the end justifies the means”. This is all a byproduct of a failed education. We have spent so much energy attempting to understand the world around us, while neglecting to understand ourselves. How often are we shocked and appalled to observe immoral and unthinkable human behavior? At school we learn about math, language, science, arts and many other subjects. But, we learn very little about ourselves. The time to teach a person about their psychological makeup is during the early stages of development. This responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the parents and the educational system. Our children must be taught to be virtuous. We must teach them the importance of being humble, and being in control of our fears and desires. The language used during the lectures needs to be simple enough for the child to understand and should progress to more complex reasoning during the later stages of development. The methodology can include quotes, examples and open discussions. This utopian scenario is hard to believe, but I can imagine living in such a world. Just like the single particle double slit experiments suggest, given a chance, “whatever can happen will happen”. It is hard to change people, but not impossible. In order to master the world around us, we must master ourselves.

[@MisterStavanger]

I have to generalize: Poverty could be eliminated decades ago. I was brought up in the 80's and 90's, and was early introduced to the efforts of the UN, NATO, Red Cross, UNESCO etc. But the violence on the tv screen never stopped. Money disappeared. I thought that it would be better in a few years. I grew up, volunteered in my community, donated to various humanitarian organisations, and voted for the politicians. But the wars never ended! And after each war, misery and suffering followed. Red Cross NATO and UN was sent in, and some stories where good, but the wreck of nations where endless. And our "peacekeepers" weren't even welcome half the time. Something is terribly wrong. I'm grown up now, and know more than before. Like how every western country team together in some sort of war against something. And one day I realized, WE are a fucking empire of war. That is all we do in the world. We reek havoc on the face of the earth, to what? Become free? Have a prosperous human race? To preserve the earth? No. We are an empire of slaves, under tyrants of destruction. For our protection. And poverty follows. We have donated billions over the years, and what have we to show for it? Planet earth is heading for.... I'm not gonna manifest the thought, but you tell me where you think we are heading. I am a compassionate person. But if our governments are in the way of simple compassion towards others, well... do the math. We want peace. We want to help each other. We are the human race. And we know how to love. Governments don't. Stop this madness. And stop this "rule of law" talk too. Humans are meant to grow and prosper under freedom, and balance with our earth. Humans are essentially GOOD, not evil, as some governments teach...... Go fucking figure about that one.

[@defo89]

I am from El Salvador, and I can assure you that for us this is not a hidden reason at all. It is the most obvious one.

[@alexboston343]

I hate people saying that capitalism's the problem. As long as there is a stable economy where there is always a job for everyone then capitalism works. If you show merit within your work your promoted and receive greater pay. If your dumb and talentless then sink to the bottom and feed off the bottom. As long as there's a job, this system works.

[@0MoTheG]

Alex Boston Just that there is no job, so what is your point?

[@PoliticalJohn]

0MoTheG This isn't capitalism you piece of trash, and you know that. But bury your head in the sand and keep voting for bullshit like Obama and thinking he'll save you.

[@atwaterpub]

Alex Boston Capitalism in inherently unstable. Capitalism promotes instability to extract a profit from the uncertainty.

[@atwaterpub]

your inferences are curiously misguided, but understandable. Statistical analysis of system behavior over time yields system character.

[@0MoTheG]

John Redman Did you make a point there?

[@somansharora5212]

Thanks a lot for your amazing thought provoking views which helped in broadening my perspective.I totally agree with points put forward by you in the tedX talk. I believe corruption by government agents is also a reason due to which poor people don't receive benefits of funds allocated to them, so our institutions(like judiciary) should be strengthened. We do need to fight against poverty so as to ensure each one of us is able to maintain appropriate standard of living & have access to basic resources.

[@WaldirPimenta]

So, this 22-minute talk boils down to saying that the main cause of poverty is violence, and that to solve it we need better law enforcement for the poor. But does that hold? This quote from James Gilligan (American psychiatrist best known for his series of books entitled Violence, where he draws on 25 years of work in the American prison system to describe the motivation and causes behind violent behavior) clearly explains what's wrong with that conception: "Not only does Structural Violence kill more people than all the Behavioural Violence put together, Structural Violence is also the main cause of Behavioural Violence." Indeed, if we addressed the structural violence embedded in our societies, especially regarding inequality (Wikipedia describes structural violence as "a form of violence where some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs"), the behavioral violence that inspires so much compassion in the speaker would be prevented in the first place, making further law enforcement unnecessary. This guy, though clearly well-intentioned, seems to have gotten it backwards.

[@venkatchait007]

Waldir Pimenta so by structural violence you mean things like the Indian caste system, gender inequality,etc. These things will take a long time to get rid off, but we can easily establish sensible law enforcement which is what he is trying to say. If we can stop the people who take advantage of others because there is no chance of repercussions we can save a lot of people right now and will have the time needed to work on the real causes of the imbalance.

[@dangerouslytalented]

Waldir Pimenta The problem here is that some villages develop structural violence, such as the example in this talk of a local thug simply stealing the land of the widow.

[@mhtinla]

Waldir Pimenta Good point. It makes me wonder, if these African countries were still colonized today, or at least colonized till they are ready to rule themselves, would the situation (violence and poverty) be better than it is? Colonization has a bad reputation, but it does help establish law and order in the primitive society.

[@dangerouslytalented]

mhtinla The whole white man's burden theory. Somewhat valid, but has not worked in many places... Australia and North America, but that was mostly because the white people took everything. It is hard for an advanced society to bring up a far less advanced culture up to their level.

[@mhtinla]

dangerouslytalented "Somewhat valid, but has not worked in many places" True, but colonization did work in many areas in terms of raising the civilization and living standard of primitive societies, let alone establishing law and order. I mean, when I see the horrible situations such as Rwanda genocide, colonization came to my mind despite its many down sides.

[@DrQandtheGang]

I am so glad to see one of the comments here mentioning structural violence and the works of James Gilligan below and I watched this video to see if this talk will admit the reality, but it didn't. Firstly, since he spoke of the mass of European business owners operating on the continent of Africa, you might wonder, how are these businesses even there, cashing in on the resources of the continent and expanding their private wealth without anyone noticing that the place where wealth can be gotten is spoken of as being poor. Somebody is not making sense. The structural violence is this, the continent is rich with resources, which is why foreign interests and investments make "this money" leading us to believe that Africa is poor while big private corporations with private security are wealthy. While the continent of Africa is drained and prodded time after time of it's oil, gas, diamonds, cobalt, among the multitudes of resources, these foreign corporations are able to operate their extractions for mere pennies, and operating with even less safety procedures and union like regulations to continue. Africa is to still being exploited. The foreign companies and business ventures should have to take on the care of the people there when they begin a venture, but they don't have to and that's why they are there. That's why the population turns violent and disrespects even it's closest neighbors. Because that is the example that these businesses have held up.The rules of exploitation are demonstrated through colonialism, slave trading, child labor for diamond and cobalt extraction and now we all seem to have a distorted point of view of this situation. So this is what you've come up with? More law enforcement? Of course. But for the poor? You mean to keep the poor labeled the poor so you can provide police to them. Wouldn't that be prolonging the need for a class of poor? You don't sound like you really want to elevate the "poor" out of poverty with that suggestion. Fine. Let's do that. How peaceful might Africa be today without the urgency from foreigners to come in, hold raids of there own, flood villages to build a damn, rape in their own way to intimidate, introduce firearms in massive quantities and disrespect individuals who get angry, shout out about it and primarily get in the way of money being made, when the people still struggle to get adequate water indoors. And now you ask them to pay for it. I'll give you credit, Mr. Haugen for trying but, maybe a civil defence lawyer could zoom out just a bit to see that the institutions for economic growth as the creators of these problems. With the eye on the diamond, for the monetary possibilities, there was little respect given to the natural environment and it's natives from the very start. And, that I feel, is also the source. It surprises me that we have the technology to build satellites and space craft with our engineering talents, but when it gets down to it, it seems so much more important to seek economic growth or the creation of money instead of creating human harmony.

[@shriswamiramanand]

Important Talk of Awareness about violence/ lack of law enforcement globally.

[@linr4463]

Amazing talk! there was a few times I was about to cry. However, this leads me to another question: "where is the violence rooted?" Keep asking question it seems to come to a lot of objective reasons, the ambient conditions which seem to take us a long journey to resolve.

[@dr.kommerarajanikumarreddy6670]

so far i thought food ,water, and the home are more needed to overcome the poverty.but you made me think in other direction also. thank you for the taught provoking idea.

[@srimansrini]

In this persuasive talk, Gary Haugen argues the hidden dangers behind our poverty-stricken world and gives some solutions to solve that issue. Informative, useful and highly recommended.

[@luckychildministryug256]

Be blessed 🙏 we need more of you. This food in due season! Come over down to the rural areas.

[@Vini-BR]

There's a problem. Well, firstly, we do need someone to adress this subject of lack of law enforcement, and I think Gary is doing an amazing job raising awareness on that. However, his suggestion to solve the problem will fit a scenario in which violence is already there so a law can be enforced adressing it. Well, I totally support what he's been doing, but I think we should take as priority over that erradicating what caused people to violate others in the first place. Like, instead of getting satisfied by managing to cure a disease, we should concentrate our efforts into preventing that disease to happen in the first place. It can be a case that, just by enforcing the law (thus reducing poverty), you also get as a consequence of that an increase in education and ethics among people, which will take a major role into preventing the violence of tomorrow. Well, I have my own "domino-effect-solution-for-everything": Eliminate currency. Now. Our level of technological development has lead us to overcome scarcity for so many things - we already produce sufficient food to feed the whole world, sufficient clothing, and there's sufficient space and resources to build sufficient homes to everybody without destructing wild environments. Still, so many people lack of the very basic. So many people still don't have access to clean water or treated sewage, while technology is there. While technology has developed enough to provide us all with at least the basic, money is fabricating scarcity in order to sell more - then, there's programmed obsolescence instead of optimization, patents instead of technology sharing, paid TV while the signal is by its very nature abundant and covers a whole specific wide area, Netflix, while copying a movie a billion times is costless and streaming it to the whole wide world is technologically doable in no time, and even the knowledge written in books has to be bought while you easily have the same amount of free paper they're made of in pizzeria's fliers that overflood you when you didn't even ask for them. So, if you want to tackle violence, enforce the law. But if you want to REALLY tackle poverty, make an honest use of intelligence and extinguish the only very cause of it in our post-scarcity times: money. A useless bureaucratic thing that has been taking obscene amounts of human work just to make itself even function, while we lack nurses, and absolutelly doesn't fit a world which has overcome scarcity, for films and for food. Money is making scarcity, money is the only reason behind poverty, slavery and most crimes.

[@keithwaddell4854]

The police, politicians, law and lawyers do a great job of keeping us poor too.

[@JeansiByxan]

I am so glad someone finally addressed this issue. It is obvious for anyone who has been to a third world country.

[@annettebragg3130]

This is a message that needs to be taken to the Christians of America. I think many churches and church linked charities stay away from solutions to violence because it is harder to deal with, less independent, and lacks the sunny anti-poverty message that is much easier to give from the pulpit. Here are so many Christ-followers, driven to great compassion by understanding the message of ultimate mercy, who need to know how to fight poverty effectively or "seriously."

[@moisesromo]

This man is my hero

[@Butterworthy]

The 911 call from the woman in Oregon astonished me. At what point do you have to have budget cuts to remove police on the weekend? That absolutely blows me away.

[@kroanosm617]

Butterworthy That's why people deserve the right to arm themselves.

[@Butterworthy]

Kroanos M I agree with that. Gun control legislation needs to be within reason. You can't leave it unregulated, but you also shouldn't make it impossible to defend yourself.

[@llgla]

Butterworthy I wonder if the operator can send an ambulance or fire fighters, or they are off on weekends too. If fire fighters were available, I would ask the lady whether there is any fire going on and tell her that I can send fire fighters if there is a fire. After that I can only hope that she gets it and tells me 'yes! there is! please send them'.

[@lilibeldelapuente2163]

@@kroanosm617 My thoughts exactly; I grew up in Oregon and there are/were some extremely remote areas that even if a sheriff was in, would not receive help in enough time to stop that kind of violence without defending oneself.

[@paolomath]

Amazing, superbly inspiring talk. not sure about the figures on modern slavery, or whether that is the highest in history (will check), but this rationale should creep into people's minds.

[@blossomtan1876]

Thank you for the illumination of the reality and truth. Grateful for the sharing of your vision . From Malaysia

[@LoveAndPeaceOccurs]

Thank You for this important talk. "Tears just aren't much help" ... Tears are a natural result of intense feelings ... period. Not a sign of weakness or inability or A precursor of ineffectiveness. Why to you begin such an important discussion pointing out you do not cry? Systems ... are behind poverty ... and they are complex systems that need complex focus. "Make violence against poor illegal" . then you discovered it was ... yeah ... laws often are only for the rich and often only benefit them. Thank You for this effort. Love & Peace to All

[@RSpence777]

I am confused, if law enforcement works so well why is the USA in such a sad state of decline? I like other comments attribute the main cause a result of a much larger problem. If you incarcerate a starving man from stealing food, what justice has been done? if you provide a way for that same man to honestly feed himself you have accomplished something.

[@MrCattlehunter]

7seven7 ...the US is the world's biggest economy.

[@RSpence777]

Simulacrum No it is not and what would that contribute?

[@Alkoholwioslaidziwki]

7seven7 If you have an effective system that punishes (incarceration for stealing food, seriously?) thieves you allow the producers and sellers of the food to feed their families. If that's not just i don't know what is.

[@RSpence777]

Alkoholwioslaidziwki I believe that in this country many of its inhabitants are incapable of performing a honest days work to acquire the benefits of working, this is a socialtal issue, lack of education, lack of employment opportunities with adequate wages for a enjoyable life, lack of parental needs, and lack of personal responsibility. This is a wide brush and really is evident if you step back from the picture and analyze. People are getting real tired of being poor unable to fix this or justify it. Rewarding everyone adequately for working and having possibilities would reduce the tensions. Putting people in a cage to rot does very little for society

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

This talk about creating a reasonable Justice system and a law enforcement that works didn't really adress the crime of a hungry man stealing some food, what it did adress was violence, rape etc. - and he didn't say that law enforcement was all that is needed, but explained why it is such a important problem to solve. What good is micro loans gonna do a woman who can't go to the market to sell her products cause she fears getting raped? What good does it do to sponsor a childs education, if that child can't leave the house? How do you ensure aid is distributed fairly if the ones who protect the aid workers and those who should recieve it are corrupt? This isn't about putting poor people in prison, but about creating societies where people can live and eventually, given the right tools and help, prosper - without having to fear abuse, violence, rape etc....

[@ILLGOOD]

People cause others to fall into poverty. If i structured a team of gate keepers and we tried our best to sift who makes it. That would cause a slow wave of financial circumstances eventually. What people suffer from is other people, it's not a natural thing to be without when it's not being controlled. People created markets and what have you, that requires us to have money to get it. And if money is not what you have...you suffer. And if all we're offered is poor wages and horrible co-workers, maintaining becomes damn near impossible.

[@amigabang6157]

Yes,... The labour supply needs to be managed such that is does not become excessive.

[@ILLGOOD]

@@amigabang6157 Understand poverty isn't from a lack of strategy. It's from a constructed system fueled by hate. At the same time, the AMENDMENT was being altered. The Government allowed Jim Crow and the Black Codes to become Law. Blacks are the ONLY race that the Government set a law to keep us poor. And when we worked hard for ourselves the law allowed the whites to burn, kill and steal from us without conviction. We are STILL being killed like dogs and we are the ONLY ones that come to our own aid. Not one country is an alias to the blacks and our suffering.

[@TheVanillatech]

We are not educated in the West to be compassionate to the cause of African, or Global Poverty. The concept is entirely missing from our 6-16 year olds curriculum. Deeper than that, we in the West are not socially geared towards compassion of any kind. We are taught individualism, self gain, climbing the ladders and stepping over people to gain higher reward. I don't include religion in this, because in my large City in the UK, I struggle to think of a single friend or associate who regularly goes to Church. Not that the Church has done much, in their time of ruling Europe under the Crusades, their main mission was certainly not that to seek out and feed the hungry. Regardless, nothing is going to change anytime soon, while the people in power seek to maintain the status quo that suits themselves. The Newspapers, the Politicians, the people who write our National Curriculums - have no interest in solving world hunger. It is not profitable to feed the poor, after all. The biggest problem I can see is that with our systems, we have enough produce to feed ourselves effectively. There is waste, but it is still profitable for the few corporations in control of the food industry in the West. They balance this, as every other business is balanced, as carefully as they can. We do not even give food to the homeless in our own countries, and in parts of the USA and UK this is illegal. You can go to jail for giving homeless people food. Food that YOU bought. So instead of asking people to be compassionate, which I am sure they all are, you really need to go to the people with the power to do something about it. The worlds population is expanding rapidly. This is not going to change. We are going to be our own doom in the end. But for the finite time our species has on Earth, wouldn't it make more sense to share the things we have that make life worth living with every child? Go bark up the right tree. You cannot blame the poor, misinformed and conditioned population for something they have no power to change. If you do not get an answer, then perhaps the solution doesn't lie in "asking" at all. Perhaps we should just do it. And see who tries to stop us.

[@lilacosmanthus]

This was a fucking fantastic talk. And the fun starts at 5:15 Compassion doesn't exist. It's an illusion created to make humans feel better about themselves. When you see someone bullying and hurting a weaker being, what do you first feel... compassion? Pity? No. You feel anger. You feel anger because it's unfair. You feel anger because the act of bullying or hurting another being goes against your own doctrine of what things should be and threatens the value of your territory. As soon as justice has been acted upon the offender, the victim is not longer of any interest to you. When young children see small, fluffy animals, what do they try to do? They try to stroke them, then hug them, then squeeze them to a point where the animal squirms to escape. It's our method of testing control over whether someone or something is weaker than us. Both sexes of children love to test this, but especially the boys. The whole continent of Africa and, to another extent, the Middle East, is a land of experimentation from Mother Nature what happens when humans don't stop copulating, when men can't control their aggressive tendencies, when women are uneducated and powerless, and when people all in all are less capable of self-control. 7:40s And the stories are always the same: you can have the most powerful economic infrastructure in the world. You can have the most oil in the world. But if the women and girls in your country are afraid of getting raped or beaten on the streets, if men are still keeping harems, and their culture applauds the continuation of said practices, that country is going to remain in the dirt. Basically, it comes down to men controlling their dicks and battling laziness and greed to do something good with their larger brains. This is why I applaud the Nordic countries for raising the value of women to a very near equivalence of a man, and lo-and-behold - they're also the richest countries, the most advanced, the most environmentally aware, the most anything, really, in a positive sense.

[@SaoirseClohessy]

Sometimes I am so shocked and upset by the hardships women go through I don't even have words. When people tell me here in London 'there is no sexism!' I tell them I'm not a feminist just for us privileged women, I'm a feminist for women all over the world.

[@keira_churchill]

I imagine most people in are telling you that sexism is rare in London (where I live too, by the way). I don't subscribe to the view that these millions of poor/enslaved people around the world are all female, and the speaker didn't appear to be making that point either. Good quality local law enforcement and education will probably turn out to be more useful to these people than radical feminism. Just my 2p.

[@ricobalboa5288]

GREAT TALK ! But I think it's just a PARTIAL ANSWER, an Important step but only a part o a whole answer... I'm from Tijuana, you can call it a "drug city" in the border of Mexico-Usa Border, to stop the violence between the drug gands since early 2000', the police and Mexican Army made huge mobilisations to the city. This is a good example of law enforcement, and indeed violence between the gangs diminished HOWEVER no economical cosecuential efforts where made to help the poorest in matter of education, health, reinforcement of local institutions, human rights (particularly women). If people doesn't have better alternatives besides crime and violence, thus, enforcing the cycle, you're just pointing poor people with guns... Other thing, for the wealtiest, POVERTY IS PROFITABLE: if you are not educated , you are not well nurrished you live in a precarious enplacement you'll be EASY TO CONTROL and you WILL NOT COMPLAIN. "What should I care about the next elections or the latest law change if I cannot feed my children? If somebody in my family has a mental conddition that we cannot treat? " and so on.

[@josealejandrorodriguez3818]

one of the best talks i´ve heard about poverty, i hope millions of people would open their ears to this, i wish i could make a speech like these to my panamanian people, together we can change this

[@araci88]

The most important equality that the poor wants, is equality under the law.

[@BasedInBrazil]

But only a certain Demographic with an average IQ of a 100 actually created such societies with effective and relatively corruption free law enforcement.

[@nthperson]

As well-intentioned as Mr. Haugen is, his explanation of the cause of poverty around the world is superficial. Poverty is the result of landlessness and the extent to which in each country a rentier class has gained control over land in all its forms. Everyone needs a place to live. In the United States the supply of affordable rental housing is in a continuous state of decline as land costs climb and climb. Rental housing can absorb over 50 percent of monthly household income. For those purchasing a residence, the land cost component can amount to 50 percent or higher of the purchase price. The systems of property law and taxation in every country are designed to benefit landed interests over those who depend on wages for a living. The very low effective rate of taxation on "ground rents" (i.e., the full potential annual rental value of land, whether agricultural, mineral laden, or parcel in our towns and cities) results in an enormous redistribution of wealth and income from producers to non-producing rentiers. I refer anyone interested in this analysis to search on the name "Mason Gaffney," now retired from his position of professor of economics at the University of California. There is no better expert on the economics of land markets and taxation.

[@shadowx089]

This is not something new, companies clearly know how to protect their employees. They don't care to legally enforce law, its more beneficial to them to protect their own employees and break the law at the same time than to help establish law enforcement that will also enforce law on themselves.

[@isaacopio8]

Truth. Thanks Gary

[@ifxthenwhy6202]

The part about private security is so right, i remember in the capital of zambia there were many armed security companys for banks and such but virtually no actual police

[@sonnyfields1417]

Beautiful!!!

[@leensawan5347]

Profound speech, not only in context, but also in the way he was able to maintain the audience's attention. Riveting, excellent.

[@smitty2868]

I must be missing something. I was moved by the talk but haven't got a clue how to help alleviate the problem. I will admit I could only donate a little but would happily do so given the chance. Probably, many would. But no links, no agency identification, no information I can act on. A link or description in the info area would have been helpful. My hope is some poster will tell what I missed.

[@billm2601]

smitty2868 Gary Haugen founded the group International Justice Mission. You can learn about them - and support them if you wish (as I do) - at www.ijm.org

[@kurtilein3]

smitty2868 maybe fight corruption first. transparency international is an organisation dedicated to that. you did not miss anything, the problem is that there is not much to go on. maybe you missed one small starting point, the bill and melinda gates foundation got mentioned, maybe they can hook you up, contact them. i doubt they will accept small donations from people that are not ultra rich, they take in billions. (all wealth of bill gates and warren buffet will go to them, and they already have billions). for individual projects they hand out in the tens to hundreds of millions, but they apparently did research, maybe they can help you with hints and strategies.

[@kurtilein3]

smitty2868 oh, and, how about you contact the speaker? why do people assume that other people are out of reach, just because they are famous and wrote a book? sure, they are harder to reach than the average guy (unless they are professors or working in science, then you can basically just get their email adress), but if you ask the right question, and your question is good, your chances might very well be close to 100%, but you dont know it because you did not try. just contact Gary Haugen, lets see how that goes.

[@brianvictor9958]

Recommend checking into Hagar International. Runs women/children shelters in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Vietnam and soon to be Burma. All run on $4.5 million/year. Remarkable group.

[@martabenavides5658]

smitty2868 To be timely and correctly informed are key to be an active and effective global citizen, to bring about a world of peace in a healthy planet... Global Daily must be mindful of this.. so be careful of language, and the deep analysis needed.. for example the world is ours, but not the Planet, nor the natural environment... and historically it is known that VIOLENCE BIGGETS VIOLENCE.... and that we reap what we plant.. so the correct question is why so much violence? who planted it and how? DO BE MINDFUL OF THAT PLEASE. marta benavides-- el salvador, c.a. (this is the way my country is known now, a product of a violence 500 years ago, which still is our reality)

[@MrNiko131190]

great speech sir... I think Indonesia needs something like that...

[@GabrielHasbun]

Solid logic here. If the rich have a lot of possessions to be stolen then the police station and laws will be created and enforced to protect their interests, while the poor having very little to protect will remain abandoned.

[@jerryanstey7058]

correction. you don't have to be starving to be living in utter poverty anymore

[@shamsyousafzai99]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppzMhYqNid6kqs0&ab_channel=ShamsullahNabizadahYousafzai Why Poverty exists... Plz watch this Video

[@nickjoeb]

Fantastic!

[@TheLivirus]

I think the primary reason behind this is the assumption that poverty breeds violence and not the other way around. If the relation is the opposite or mutual, then we need to communicate this and start acting accordingly.

[@yourface747]

I think the biggest problem is the fact that nobody is thinking about these problems. Its not on anyone's mind. Say for example they showed poverty ads on tv and on the internet left and right, people might start caring. If enough people were personally dedicated to solving these issues, maybe they would get solved a lot quicker.

[@akmonra]

I agree, I think we need an Apollo Project level of effort. Our species has gone to the moon, eradicating poverty shouldn't be much harder.

[@whuzdisguy]

I agree with a lot being said. However one thing that I would like to address is compassion, having just watched the Monica Lewinski's Ted Talk. The next generation of children are desensitized by violence and hence have less compassion for others. Educating the next generation of people to be more compassionate should be a priority. More compassionate people would accelerate the movement to ending poverty. It's all rhetoric for now unfortunately as there are many variables to how a persons level of compassion is affected by their environment!

[@xeztan]

He talks about all these poor countries and what the poor people of those countries go through but why doesn't he talk about why those countries have so many poor people in the first place? Why doesn't he talk about how big corporations come into those countries and take whatever resource, land or anything they want leaving those people without jobs, land, etc.?

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

xeztan Everyone knows about the problem of big businesses and corporations. Few recognize the lack of public law enforcement.

[@reisele1980]

+xeztan There's that too. But with proper law enforcement the people may be able to strengthen the community enough to start developing a resistance to the exploitation of outside corporations.

[@xeztan]

reisele1980 You make a valid point, but don't forget that such corporations have an immense influence in the systematic world we live in, such influence is enough to have a direct impact on the media, which will then expose those "law enforcement/resistance groups" as terrorists in order to convince people that somehow they are a threat to first world countries and they need to be eliminated. And well, you know the rest... In my humble opinion, the only way to ever fully eradicate poverty, suffering, hunger, etc. in the world is to change this capitalistic system that we live in.

[@reisele1980]

All of this seems to be the dilemma of what should come first: clean drink water, a rape-free trip to the well, or keeping profits within the community.

[@anthonywoo1902]

+xeztan This is a very fair point. Instead of only pointing to the social standing and violence in a nation, point to the ones taking these human rights in the first place. The big corporations have influence on this system we live in and even if laws are to be passed, the issues are still going to remain. I also do not believe that capitalism is going to be replaced anytime soon making this issue one that continues in the background.

[@adrees]

I can see that we are moving in the direction of having one United world. The 7 billion people can contribute to making life better for everyone and boosting the average lowest living standard. I hope that it comes sooner rather than later.

[@mariamorgan3009]

They are creating poverty, killing, and abusing the poor. What makes you think they have such good intentions?

Incredible. Here in Brazil we experience this privatization of security as well. Public security is very poor and people think more and more on hiring security services. It's a shame. Private security companies finance politics campaigns and force public violence (by absence of effective public security law enforcement by the politicians) so that they can have more clients and make more money.

[@NumeroSystem]

It is the lack of money that creates both victims and criminals.

[@irispep]

Very good talk. Thank you.

[@LynHannan]

Very succinctly told.

[@dillydalie11]

Excellent talk...!

[@har.19]

He's not a crier, I'm not a crier, 22 mins later we're all sitting here crying

[@harrywhite7287]

Nice speech. Very inspiring. The violence these people are experience is partially the result of moral bankruptcy. They live in communities that do not regard females as valuable. We don't need to fund more police and judges and prosecutors we need to fund morality. Every man had a mother and it sounds like many of those mothers were poor teachers of morality. Where are the good men of these village's who should be banning together and hunting down these animals. As for the woman who called 911, why didn't she have a gun to at least equalize the fight. My guess is that she was prevented from defending herself by that very same law enforcement you want to install in the poor communities.

[@Nashy119]

Don't tell the US about private security, they'll think it's a good idea.

[@dr_rune]

I was moved by this talk, but it's sadly packed with common places. There is no hidden reason for violence or poverty, all of those ugly relationships are well known by people living in countries with high levels of social insecurity. To the people sitting there, this might have been revealing and jaw-dropping, but to anybody in a developing nation, this is just the everyday thing they have to deal with. D.R.

[@Imtahotep]

What he is suggesting has been done numerous times throughout recent history with predictably disasterous results. The 'policing' and prosecution he thinks will help, also predictably only protects the interests of the rich and the corrupt. This is no answer to anything at all.

[@georgecataloni4720]

But why are people committing violence? I bet those violent people were brought up by violent parents, and I bet those victims of violence are parenting their children the same as the parents of their attackers. I see it all the time in parents around me: they don't reason with their child, they just see bad behavior and yell and smack as a response. Anyone should be able to see that yelling and smacking while telling your child to not yell and smack is hypocritical. It would be no surprise to me for such a child to grow up confused.

[@TheEpitome44]

George Cataloni Human nature. Taking advantage of your natural strength and the lack of people keeping you in line.

[@georgecataloni4720]

Sam Wolff I doubt it. I had both kinds of parents and I know that when the aggressive parent told me to do something, I rebelled the first chance I got. But the other, who always explained and never hit, I never rebelled against, even when it was easy to do so. When I finally noticed this trend in my behavior, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I can't imagine how people with no positive role model must feel.

[@georgecataloni4720]

***** We should donate education. Not just math, science, and language arts, though.

[@hopebellows5419]

Gary Haugen is a civil rights lawyer. He talks about his experiences with genocide and and poverty, but also mentions the fight for poverty.

[@جهانبین-ع6ل]

I really admire your couregement,Mr hugen

[@BAARTON31]

But how do we make it stop? Is it poverty? is it culture? Is it simply the behaviour of some members of our species to get what thy desire by violence? No country is free of it, even in countries with good law enforcement there is violence, and some violence is even perpetrated by those empowered to enforce the law! I observe we humans are a violent race, and we must change what we are and how we behave, or all our efforts to imporve the lives of those who suffer from violence will sadly be in vain.

[@maryuwimana2105]

Can you pls talk about the crushing systems that keep those countries poor. Starting from those who pretend to help. Thanks

[@sadam709]

well speech

[@leonardocabrera1327]

I adress this example: The goverment of my country give a few years ago, to the really most poor people, families mostly, living in extreme poverty, houses (a house, a normal new house), and money, to start any small business (the emergency plan, was the name of that money program).. You want to know what happens? A lot of that people begins to trash their own place (to buy crack or food), selling the pipes, the windows, the doors, and making fire inside the houses with the wooden parts (yes, I know it sounds medieval), even to put their horses inside the houses.. Also a lot of them ends selling the house to ANYONE, with no papers or nothing, for a few thousands dollars.. And now we got the exact same people living near to the trash, with their children AGAIN !!!! This story is TRUTH !!! And my country is Uruguay. This happens a few years ago. In most of the countries, I think you will have the exact same struggle, the problem is in the individual education, not what you give in staff. Like the oppositte of Midas the king, some of them touch something and turn it to crap (joke, but not)

[@Monster99d]

This guy is actually my friends Dad. Damn.

[@benxamin13]

Sadly I think poverty is still engrained into our economic system.

[@ctrlz4439]

I am pretty sure that rulers of the world does understand problem and have knowledge how to solve these problems - rather , they are quite happy about how things are.

[@KyivPodil]

9:49 very good

[@penandpaper2175]

5:59 on point Gary

[@ADyingFaith]

Law is a business. And business is about money being made for a select few at the cost of the manys health and safety. We need to transition from the monetary system all together.

[@MajkaSrajka]

When there is no country, and huge bussines gets in, you need force greater than the bussines to overcome it. And in Africa - you cant. Force isn't strong enough, bussines is too big.

[@AbandonEarth911]

The Profit system. Food is grown to make profits, not to eat.

[@drrocketman7794]

One thing that we have here in the United States: we can arm ourselves and fight for ourselves. This needs to be everywhere. Self-defense is a basic human right.

[@GwynRosaire]

I'm pretty sure proficiency in self defense in all its glorious forms would be better than any of the above solutions.

[@michaelrohrbacker6594]

a salient point

[@kingsleykwayisi4101]

Gary always on point. Understanding the entomology of poverty through the Locust Effect.

[@Martial-Mat]

The problem is greed and corruption. The average citizen in the west is moderately compassionate, but when from the most senior leaders downwards in these other nations, there is tyranny and a contempt for the value of human life, and there are maniacs like ISIS threatening massive and immediate death, and politicians and pundits are starting to ask whether they we be intervening in foreign affairs at all, these people's lives seem like a pretty low priority. The latter part of last century will be viewed by the future as the high point of a golden age before the globe sank into a long, dark pit of oppression and violence, much of it perpetrated against us by our own governments under the guise of "security". If there was anything that the west could really do to help, it's to stop allowing our manufacturers to operate in, and exploit workers in countries that have contempt for human life. But we won't because people like to be able to buy a bucket of coke for 50 cents, so what is a child's life compared to that kind of bargain?

[@jenavevesnowolf13]

Why is it that no one dealing with this issue from above addresses the fact that the main reason people are in poverty is because they have nothing that would be valuable. If the rice patty slave holders knew that they would receive no funds from outer aid, if they didn't gobble it up and hold a monopoly over it, the people working in the rice fields would be a valuable source that has something they can deprive the owner of. They could fight back, knowing that the only source of food or fresh water wasn't going to shut them out. I'm not saying just cut aid and leave the people high and dry. What I suggest is that you have people go in there that would walk with those girls as they are going to school, have people come in and teach people how to farm, how to make the most of what they have. And once they have enough on their own, they won't need help any more. Once the economy rises, have people in the town know how to push out bullies. Teach them to defend themselves and deprive the warlords and tyrants of their precious bounty. Give the people what they need directly, not shipped in boxes on the border directly into the bad people's laps. There has to be some higher incentive. Why else would a people be held down?

[@kurtilein3]

jenavevesnowolf13 nonsense. you are safe as long as you have nothing. you get a microcredit and start a little business, criminals take it, you are back to having nothing.

[@kurtilein3]

jenavevesnowolf13 and if you ask what the incentive is.... i have to ask: what planet did you grow up on? it surely cannot have been this one. the incentive for theft is possession, the incentive for keeping slaves is free labor, and the incentive for rape is a feeling of power and sexual gratification. you push out bullies by punishing them, and the bullies that do not respond to smaller punishment get removed from society by incarceration. just out of curiosity, are you a libertarian by any chance? a believer in anarcho capitalism or something?

[@jenavevesnowolf13]

That's why they would have to be able to defend themselves as well. If you always have nothing, you will always be reliant. You need to be self reliant and have the ability to protect yourselves, most likely as a community. You need to have the strength and resources to kick out the bad guys.

[@jenavevesnowolf13]

The incentive I was asking for was not one about why bad people do bad things, it was why we don't try to empower people instead of having them being reliant on us. And yes I am, however I am a very rational person. It would really interest me if we could discuss this further, rather than you dismissing me on that regard. Would you mind hashing out your view point with me? Possibly on a private chat? There is no point in screaming " I'm right, you're wrong" at each other. It's always better to learn form both sides.

[@jenavevesnowolf13]

Why is it so impossible for people of a community to care about each other as a valuable group? you empower the individual to ban together with his brethren against the strong. You don't send a child out alone to fight of rapists. have a good one.

[@Lerppunen]

The only way to decrease global poverty is through economic freedom.

[@joshuajohnson3713]

olli tuovinen And not government intervention

[@theworldeatswithyou]

olli tuovinen Political stability is necessary too. Whether this stability comes from a liberal democracy or an illiberal autocracy doesn't even matter in that regard.

[@13mschen]

Joshua Johnson Do you mean that intervention in lawless areas by any government would be ineffective? or wrong?

Joshua Johnson Riiiight. Because corporations have done so much for the common person. Wage theft, no overtime pay, making full time workers needing food drives to eat, all to funnel billions to pencil pushing Ceo's for the exorbitant wages they gave themselves. As if they deserve $8,000 *an hour* for the amount of actual work they do, while the ones who do the heavy lifting and the production should get $10.

[@joshuajohnson3713]

Martin Schendel Governments have no responsibility to "look after" the economy. True, gov't must take care of lawlessness, but it must remember to restrain itself where it needs to.

[@eveningdim7167]

Best thing to do: use education. Require people to attend classes to learn about peace, respecting different opinions, the importence of validation, mutual support, calmness, accepting that everyone makes mistakez, etc.

[@leonardocabrera1327]

the real crude truth behind poverty is that we (as a society) decides in fact that the poor person deserves NOTHING. That is the truth. So we offer some food and some clothes to keep our mind in peace. But we´re not giving a house and food, to any junkie or alcoholic, because our society (and our own logic) tells us, that is wrong !! They don´t deserve so much. End. Find a job, like WE DO. But if you put yourself in that place, don´t you want a place to stay in the night and something to eat? a second decent chance? so no compassion there, in facts. We´re not them yet :) If you give all to someone, and he is ungrateful and a jurk, a danger to himself and the others, will you still taking care of that individual? (the other main reason) awesome talk, thanks TED

[@ronaldonmg]

Some of us are advocating an Unconditional Basic Income...

[@leonardocabrera1327]

@@ronaldonmg that is a good way to fix the worst poverty (the nothing or the trash in the morning). Some people deserve it, and is really good. But even if we fix poverty remember that people do things, some wrong, no matter the money. So it will fix part, but the hardest part of the problem is some people`s ways to "live". We will see them with their conflicts in the streets even if they are not poor ;D that is my point.- the true problem is in culture of poverty, no money paper can fix that

[@ronaldonmg]

@@leonardocabrera1327 Some monks aside, poverty is NOT a culture. It's a consequence of the inherently unfair economic system that we call "capitalism". Some people rake in millions while hardly working for it, many more work their behind off for a pittance. Some countries are figuring out that giving a junkie/alcoholic a roof over their head ("housing first") is actually more effective (in reducing nuisance for others) than trying to make them kick the habit while living on the street. What would help the "poor" countries is if we in the "rich" countries would stop consuming so much. Smoking is getting "out of vogue" fortunately. how about we make fashion go next?

[@leonardocabrera1327]

@@ronaldonmg Wrong things has been existing since the dinosaurs. Rape, murder, abuse and death. Also a lot of people has been "poor" or slaves since... always !! Where we can define poverty? What is to be poor? Not to eat, or have clean water or school? Lot of people in Europe were "poor" after the WW2 because they lost ALL, but they win on that situation, overpassing it, because of the culture. We can`t attend or fix the reality to the poors of the place we live, but we want to cure that "problem" in all the planet.. is truly dificult. Some people is poor because they are problematic, even with their families and themselves. In our example a person that is high all day and night with a shi%&$y dope like heroin, and sleeps in the streets, is a poor person.. mmmhh. Also lot of them, the "poors" don`t want to work or to do nothing for society, but they want all the prizes of the hard work.. some humans are screwed, is not new :) 3D house printing is starting, so we`ll probably see robots doing that houses. MAkes me happy for a lot of them, the poor people, that they will have a safe place to sleep, cheap and fast to make for society. (seriously). Can we cure poverty in the all planet?? Probably we don`t, we won`t !!!! That is a hard part to accept. Because when we put ourselves in the shoes of the other poor person we suffer..poverty sucks !! We are close to see the robots taking almost all the work in the world, and is going to be some poverty there in that future too, with millions of unemployed people. at least they (the robots) will build houses and basic food!! maybe is a good life!?! The people in that future will be poor or not, if they have a house and basic food?? ;D D D (also smoke is a pleasure, no matter what, mode or time. Let`s keep the good part!)

[@ronaldonmg]

@@leonardocabrera1327 Poverty and slavery require a concept known as "property". Our nomadic hunter-gatherer ancestors did not know them. In todays world, capitalism decides THAT some people are poor, "problematics" (disease, deformity, expensive addictions) decide WHO is poor. After WW2, Europe was rebuilt thanks to huge amounts of credit (=loans) known as "the Marshallplan". What is poverty? Not being able to afford a normal social life. Will robots do all the work? No. We may lack the electricity, and some types of work require humans. Lets hope we're smart enough to shorten the working week so all can do their share. If by "smoke" you mean tobacco, be aware that 10 % of everybody is allergic to it, and many who smoke it develope cancers and/or COPD

[@U.S.SlaveOfficial]

I called 911 once after warding off attacker from strangling my mentally challenged rider. The attacker who also kicked 3 sides of my minivan all on camera turned out to be former cop and current resource officer at school for mentally challenged kids so they made me into a felon!

[@mystery456]

It sucks, but unless the country in need takes the initiative to either enforce laws in poverty stricken areas or do something "themselves", nothing's gonna change, and I don't think UN peacekeepers or U.S. personnel is the answer. My country (U.S.) went into Somalia in the early 90's with the intention of feeding the hungry and providing security. As it turned out, a local warlord rallied his militia against the peacekeepers, which in turn forced the U.S. to conduct raids to capture the warlord, which culminated in numerous American casualties and our soldiers' bodies being dragged through the streets.

[@alvaroromero2419]

Completely true!

[@bibliaelinguas]

I don't believe in politics anymore. Men talks, talks and talks. The poors suffer, suffer and suffer. When talks become reality; the poors will feel the effects of many things. Maybe law can reach them; when politicians talk less and do more.

[@mrECisME]

So.... its caused by bad people doing bad things and evil stuff, who knew.

[@SavedByGrace705]

+Evan Cusick nope. it's caused by the lack of protection against bad people. Bad people doing evil stuff is obvious. How bad public justice systems really are all over the world and what has been proven to fix that is less obvious.

[@haziqzainal7560]

Like the romans, the khans and all other civilizations, ours is failing as well. The only thing holding it together is common shared knowledge of the history and how we address it as a society. This as well, is diminishing. We can talk about structural violence, human behavior, social science all we want but it all boils down to simple human nature. We suck at building things that last yet we always only look ahead.

[@MbariHogun]

*Thanks for sharing **6:13** ~*

[@shamsyousafzai99]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppzMhYqNid6kqs0&ab_channel=ShamsullahNabizadahYousafzai Why Poverty exists... Plz watch this Video

[@slimyweasles4973]

Share this video with everyone you know!!!!! Listen to this man!

[@VoLCoMzYaDiGG]

Poverty begets violence, it's as simple as that. Look at impoverished communities in America. They make more money, in whichever way, than those living in the most impoverished places on earth. Yet they still have incredible amounts of violence within their own communities. And when the police are called to their houses or housing block the police act violent towards them. So in reality the police don't solve much either. Law enforcement are just there to give a false sense of security. The orator says it himself. In the modern world it takes 10 minutes, 10! For a responder to respond. You can die within a second of that time, you can get raped withing that time frame, robbed, assaulted, etc. The private security firms the rich use in Africa aren't law enforcers, they themselves probably act violently towards the indigenous people, the workers, etc. It isn't the system thats the problem. It's humanity, we're still out for whats best for our own and even then we'd screw our own over for our individual selves. Law enforcement won't help stop all those millions of slaves NOT be enslaved, law enforcement is too bureaucratic. Again, like the orator said, the slaver is more likely to get hit by lightning than to get prosecuted. You think the chances are even likelier if law enforcement shows up? It's unrealistic.

[@ScottDuncanCoaching]

Would it help if ever pound/dollar spent on private security had to be matched with 1 pound/dollar towards public security?

[@rubenscunha2299]

Broken law enforcement is a moral problem. In Brazil, maybe it will be fixed in 300 years!

[@Hythloday71]

Stigalitz writes key problem in poor countries is lack of robust / un-corrupt institutions. this includes law and order. But the root cause is lack of money to develop those institutions due to unfair 'Globalization of Capitalism' - why should they wait on Gate's and others charity ?