Is personal responsibility the biggest factor in poverty?

[UTON Blockchain]

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems. Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources—what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

[Lida93]

what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

Poverty as a socio-economic phenomenon is mainly discussed by those who have never or may have scaled out from poverty to riches for some reason:

You can't give what you don't have, and that's an axiom no one can refute. If people are sitting to discuss about poverty then is definitely a discussion on how to get out of it, and a poor man can't be in the right position to preach to people how to get out of what he's currently enchained. If he knows a route of escape why still remain poor?

Wealthy people are the ones believed to have a better knowledge on sharing the secrets, strategies and steps to embark on to getting out of poverty base on their depth and experience about staying wealthy because that's the life they live and know better.

No body will want to develop interest in listening to the poor discussing about poverty, not even the poor people themselves. It's a simple order to understand.

[Fortify]

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems. Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources—what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

We are all born into the lottery of life and that can often determine the heights you can reach, although we might like to deny this fact. If you are born in the poorest countries of the world, the reality is that you have it infinitely harder than someone born into a poor area in a heavily developed country. In the developed country you might not reach the top, but you do have a lot more opportunities open to you and the education system should support you to a much higher standard - allowing you the potential ability to leapfrog up the socioeconomic ladder if you work really hard and get a few lucky breaks thrown in along the way. I would disagree that you need to have experienced poverty to empathize with the situation, but it could give you a bit of a different viewpoint.

[Rruchi man]

Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources—

I agree with this that poverty has progressed past the level of just financial resources; there are people who are financially okay but mentally poor, that still counts as poverty to me.

what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

You should say this about discussions of financial poverty that you've been involved in or that you've witnessed, because it is definitely impossible for you to have been in every discussion about poverty, and certainly some discussions about poverty have been championed by people that have had a first hand experience of poverty themselves, and maybe their life changed that they now just share their episodes.

[Stablexcoin]

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems. Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources—what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

I think you are wrong. Those born with a silver spoon cannot start engaging in conversation that has to do with poverty. There is nothing for them to contribute or talk about because they have never had the experience of being poor. But for those who have been in the state of poverty and has scale through it of course there is a lot to talk about. Being poor is not something someone should be bragging about if not so many persons can sit and tell you their whole story regarding poverty.

Although, not because a person has never been  into poverty before doesn't mean he is immune to it. Even the richest man can be poor if he doesn't multiply what he has. To have riches comes with struggle, but the most difficult part of bein rich is to maintain the wealth. People go from hitting jackpots to nothing in their account.

[Mahanton]

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems. Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources—what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

We are all born into the lottery of life and that can often determine the heights you can reach, although we might like to deny this fact. If you are born in the poorest countries of the world, the reality is that you have it infinitely harder than someone born into a poor area in a heavily developed country. In the developed country you might not reach the top, but you do have a lot more opportunities open to you and the education system should support you to a much higher standard - allowing you the potential ability to leapfrog up the socioeconomic ladder if you work really hard and get a few lucky breaks thrown in along the way. I would disagree that you need to have experienced poverty to empathize with the situation, but it could give you a bit of a different viewpoint.

It would really be just that totally depending on you on how you would really be doing such act for you to be able to make yourself be able to get out on such condition. Poverty is a world scale problem that cant really be resolved out but doesnt mean as an individual that you wont really be able to find out solutions so that you would really be able to make yourself get out on such condition. Improving someones life can really be determined if a certain person would really be that determined on making up those changes on their lives or not. There are people who are really just that contented and doesnt want to have that kind of progress into their lives on which there's nothing we can do but there are those individuals that they are really that thriving for them to be able to reach out or obtain on what are the things that they have in mind.

Its hard specially if you are living in a country which is really that also considered poor or well just like been said that this is a global problem on which all places does have those poor people even into those first tier or world countries. They do really only differ when it comes to rate or percentage but actually it is really just that exist. It will really be that up to you on how you would really be wanting some changes into your life
or you would really be just that contented on what you do really have? Its your choice to make and not on other people.

[Frankolala]

Poor environment, poor mentality, lack of information and opportunities can keep you in poverty. The best people to talk more on poverty are the experienced ones who were able to fight their way out of it. Experience is the best teacher, for that reason a rich man that hasn't experience poverty will not understand the state of being poor.

Riches is not by hardwork but by opportunity because there are some people in life who didn't suffer but became rich through little things around them that they took opportunity of at the right time. There are also some people who have worked hard in life but had noting at old age. When you are on the right track to your destiny, you will be few steps out from poverty.

[iBaba]

No body will want to develop interest in listening to the poor discussing about poverty, not even the poor people themselves. It's a simple order to understand.

I will align with your line of thoughts about this topic. 90% of the time you will hear people talking about poverty will always be from the angle of optimism, talking about how poverty can be eradicated or at least tamed without our society, or personally, how individuals can escape from remaining poor. The trust of the matter is, no one will ever want to remain poor or discuss poverty or his poor lifestyle with boasts and ego.

This is the reason why oftentimes, those who discuss poverty are usually people who have escaped being poor or those who study it for the sake of pulling people out of it. I may not agree with anyone who says those born with sliver spoon understand the meaning of being poor or to be at the position to discuss poverty. Rather those who have struggled their ways out of being poor are most of the time the people who are at the best position to discuss poverty and the way out.

[Cryptohygenic]

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems. Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources.

Very correct. Poverty is not specifically a lack of finances but a character significantly means lack of efficiency on socio amenities as human desires.

what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

I am not okay on this because I don't know how if anyone who has not experienced poverty would regularly have discussions over it unless two aims are involved such as either taking it up as discussion to find solutions to those facing the poverty or they are making mockery of those facing the poverty otherwise, the discussions for poverty is usually sounds as national anthem to them experiencing it because they realizes how awkward they maybe in the socio economy.

[Koadharber]

Poor environment, poor mentality, lack of information and opportunities can keep you in poverty. The best people to talk more on poverty are the experienced ones who were able to fight their way out of it. Experience is the best teacher, for that reason a rich man that hasn't experience poverty will not understand the state of being poor.

Riches is not by hardwork but by opportunity because there are some people in life who didn't suffer but became rich through little things around them that they took opportunity of at the right time. There are also some people who have worked hard in life but had noting at old age. When you are on the right track to your destiny, you will be few steps out from poverty.

And this is why you would really be needing to break one of those things on which that POOR MENTALITY and LAZINESS. If you do find yourself residing or living in a country
which does have that less opportunities or simply having some economic problems then why wont really be trying out to get out of the box and look for some chances or opportunities on which you do
seem that it could really be able to put up some changes into your life? It is really just that a matter of perseverance and dedication if you do really wanted up a change then it will really be that understandable.
This is why it would really be that recommended that on the time that you are struggling on the current condition you are into then it will really be just that common sense that you would really be needing
to thrive and make out some wise decisions and effort to be put up for you to get out on such bad condition. There's always that chance and it will really be basing up on how you would be
acting out.

[passwordnow]

what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

This is true, the privilege ones are tackling discussions about poverty and they're proposing some solutions on how it can be dealt with. But whether we like it or not to be eradicated, it's not going to change the lives of the majority of them. Maybe some will change and those who are eager to get out of it but as I've said, the majority can't just change it as soon as possible. While these privileged people that wants to talk about it, they want to help in somehow and however they can to show how fortunate they are but, there are those that really have the heart in helping.

And going back to what I've said that the majority won't change their lives, it's either these factors below;

POOR MENTALITY and LAZINESS.

But, there are those hardworking but they're not in the right track or job because they're paid low and what they're earning is just suitable for their daily living. So, it's also lack of opportunity that's chaining the people to stay in poverty. I believe that many of them are hardworking but it results to being lazy when they see that there's unequal opportunity distribution to them.

[Lida93]

No body will want to develop interest in listening to the poor discussing about poverty, not even the poor people themselves. It's a simple order to understand.

I will align with your line of thoughts about this topic. 90% of the time you will hear people talking about poverty will always be from the angle of optimism, talking about how poverty can be eradicated or at least tamed without our society, or personally, how individuals can escape from remaining poor. The trust of the matter is, no one will ever want to remain poor or discuss poverty or his poor lifestyle with boasts and ego.

Is there actually any specifically conventional way to escape poverty except to say "hey dude put in more hard-work",  of which with time it's gonna pay off, that's if your doing it the right way, because people that got to escape from poverty had it done in different ways but all tied down to hard-work in the right direction.

This is the reason why oftentimes, those who discuss poverty are usually people who have escaped being poor or those who study it for the sake of pulling people out of it. I may not agree with anyone who says those born with sliver spoon understand the meaning of being poor or to be at the position to discuss poverty. Rather those who have struggled their ways out of being poor are most of the time the people who are at the best position to discuss poverty and the way out

Absolutely I can't agree more,  giving room to these sets of people to manage programmes and policies that are geared towards eradicating poverty,  haven been there before with a first hand experience, they can easily know where and how to best tackle it in a way the targeted audience will be directly affected.

[STT]

Im a capitalist and I'd still argue its mostly a lottery, just the giant difference between countries is enough.    There are plenty people better then me in brains, brawn and effort in poorer countries who will never get the chance to be as rich.  Its not absolutely that way but probably in the majority your riches in life is fate, especially if we consider education.

Education and being able to grow up well fed etc. is probably the greatest equalizer in life.   Starting with little if anything makes it more likely you will strive to succeed its just your location may be wrong for that to occur especially and its very hard to overcome that bias.   The whole dollar-centric global reserve system is unfair imo and it was known to be from the start its only got worse since, the greatest equalizer in recent times has been technology propagation Im pretty sure.

[tottong]

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems. Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources—what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

We only listen to motivation but never move to start and they as speakers mostly never experience difficulties in life and they are rich even before they follow many processes.
This kind of picture often occurs and motivators do not experience financial difficulties and they talk as if changing life is much easier.
But apart from all that, self-motivation is important so that we are more active in doing something more useful and there is no way to solve the problem because receiving motivation alone is not enough because we have to fight when we want to change our lives for the better.

I decided not to listen to motivation anymore, not because I don't believe in the motivation but because I move and continue to improve my ability to make money.
We discuss with people who have never experienced hardships in life, that means they have never felt the difficulties that most people feel.

[Reatim]

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems.

Every kid that grew up in poverty dreamt of getting out of said system. We dream about being able to support not only ourselves but also our family. At some point, we realize that it will take more than sheer hard work to clamor us out of poverty. Some even do not manage to get out of it at all. As long as there are the rick exploiting the poor, the poor will always stay poor that is unless they learn how to be like the rich ones and manage to take their system and take advantage of it. Pure hard work will not cut it out. You would need more support, connections and a little bit of luck.

Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources—what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

Even government officials, at least in my country, live lavishly so they do not understand nor even care how it is actually like to be poor. They propose solutions that barely solve anything. They are so out of touch, and many are suffering.

[Wonder Work]

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems.

Every kid that grew up in poverty dreamt of getting out of said system. We dream about being able to support not only ourselves but also our family. At some point, we realize that it will take more than sheer hard work to clamor us out of poverty. Some even do not manage to get out of it at all. As long as there are the rick exploiting the poor, the poor will always stay poor that is unless they learn how to be like the rich ones and manage to take their system and take advantage of it. Pure hard work will not cut it out. You would need more support, connections and a little bit of luck.

Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources—what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

Even government officials, at least in my country, live lavishly so they do not understand nor even care how it is actually like to be poor. They propose solutions that barely solve anything. They are so out of touch, and many are suffering.

Poverty is a terrible thing, only those who have lived through it or are in it know how hard it is. They are constantly struggling to get out of this poverty line.  Because they themselves don't want to have these hard days they want their hard work to pass this time. We believe in the saying that happiness comes after hardship. To get this happiness one must work hard. I also saw that he worked day and night to ease his suffering, at the end of the day it was seen that he was no more, he had eased his suffering but he could not see it. Creator has prepared everything for us to move forward gracefully, if we move forward gracefully through hard work then our hardships will ease and happy days will come. If you want to get happiness, you must work hard.

[icalical]

Many current studies highlight that major systemic issues are unequal opportunities regarding schooling, health, and quality employment that create conditions for people to be stuck in poverty. In 2023, the United States saw a rapid climb in the poverty rates of its citizens, especially children, despite hard work to try and get ahead.

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/september-2024-global-poverty-update-from-the-world-bank--revise

I am not saying that personal effort doesn't matter, it's just that, quite often, personal responsibility sounds like one small missing piece in a much larger and more complex puzzle when the system is stacked up against one through low wages, a high cost of living, and meager social safety nets.

[Hewlet]

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems. Poverty isn’t just about the lack of financial resources—what’s even more disheartening is that discussions about poverty are usually led by those who have never experienced it themselves.

Poverty has so many root causes and we can't just use a single analogy to describe why a certain person is poor or why a certain region funds themselves in poverty. Thier are times when you're not poor because you're lazy or not being responsible for your life. It could be that you're just brought up in a poor system and have to grow up under such kind of setting. It takes an external force or you leaving such environment and going out to another place for you to comfortably break out of poverty.

Some.of us that have lived in places where feeding yourself is an issue can relate well with being poor and for us at the start, it's all about hustling to make sure that you can at least feed yourself and get yourself a good apartment first. For most people in that kind of setting, getting a car living in luxury is far from what they want. Feeding is just thier primary way of coming out of poverty. Thier are people from a more civilized region that have basic things like that and don't even bother about those things they might still feel that they are poor because they can't afford the best Lamborghini or fly in an expensive private jet. It all boils down to the fact that what you call riches might be the starting point of another person while what you call poverty might also be the wealth the next person is dreaming of.

Being really poor to the point of lacking basic food is the state no one wants to get to but unfortunately, thier are people that have lived thier whole life in such kind of setting and can't break out of those kind of setting because it's almost like the system is designed that way.

[Apocollapse]

And this is why you would really be needing to break one of those things on which that POOR MENTALITY and LAZINESS. If you do find yourself residing or living in a country which does have that less opportunities or simply having some economic problems then why wont really be trying out to get out of the box and look for some chances or opportunities on which you do  seem that it could really be able to put up some changes into your life?

I would like to know your background first.

1. Are you born from poor or low middle class?
2. Do you work when you was a child?
3. Where do you live and to which country you move?

If you're not in the same shoes, you will never know the struggle.

I decided not to listen to motivation anymore, not because I don't believe in the motivation but because I move and continue to improve my ability to make money.
We discuss with people who have never experienced hardships in life, that means they have never felt the difficulties that most people feel.

Don't listen to motivation because it's addicting, too much listen to motivation would make you romanticizing the struggle of poverty, which make you didn't take any action.

Listen to 100 motivation videos, read 100 self improvement books, 0 action = zero chance to change your life.
Not listen to any videos and not read any self improvement, 1 action = there's a chance to change your life.

[Just Say]

As I grow older, I’ve come to realize that personal effort often pales in comparison to the power of existing social systems.

Every kid that grew up in poverty dreamt of getting out of said system. We dream about being able to support not only ourselves but also our family.

Of course, no one wants to live in poverty, everyone wants to live comfortably and comfortably. Not everyone is born with a golden spoon in their mouth, they have to change their position through hard work. A person will be poor only when he leads a life of idleness i.e. he hides from the fear of work. To change one's position, one must be hardworking first, the more hardworking the nation is, the more advanced the nation is. Hard work is the key to progress.