»Poverty is the greatest destroyer of the
environment.«
– Indira Gandhi,,
former Indian Prime Minister
There is no justification for poverty, either
on ethical and moral grounds or for reasons of scientific and economic logic.
On the contrary, all people in this world have a right to a life in human
dignity. Differences are in order and enhance diversity. But when they go to
the limits of existence or even survival, it is a damning indictment of the
whole of humanity.
It is an inherent quality of the Natural
Economy of Life that it creates worldwide prosperity and peace in harmony with
nature. This quite clearly means equalisation between poor and rich countries
and classes of society. Since there is enough for everyone, we do not have to
take anything away from anyone and give it to someone else. Equalisation
between poor and rich countries and classes of society thus means that those
who have hitherto been poor become wealthy, while the people who already live
in prosperity can keep their wealth.
I don’t know how it is with you, dear reader,
but I personally can only really feel good when I see that the people around me
also feel good. As long as my fellow humans are poor, I cannot really enjoy my
prosperity. When the people who have hitherto been poor become wealthy, not
only their quality of life is enhanced but also the quality of life of the
others, who were already prosperous before.
Besides that, life will also become more
peaceful. Already today the children of rich parents have to be taken to school
by a guard in some cities as it would be much too dangerous for them to walk to
school alone. Such a »golden cage« does not exactly contribute to quality of
life for wealthy people either. Equalisation between poor and rich countries
and classes of society therefore harms nobody and benefits everybody.
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