Why we shouldn't laugh when a country's economy is bad.

[Prince patrick]

When we were growing up, our parents used to teach us to always share our food and never laugh at people that doesn't have. But when I look at the Internet today, I see adults making fun of whole countries just because their money isn't worth much anymore. That's a wrong mentality for this generation. They make jokes about big numbers on price tags. They make funny memes about people not being able to buy bread. But this isn't funny. Why the mockery?

A country is not just a line on a map or a number on a screen. A country is made up of people with blood and flesh, it is made up of father who works until their hands hurts, it is made up of mothers who wake up early to cook, take care of the house chores and prepare the kids for school, it is made up of children who just want to play, learn, have big dreams and achieve it. When a country's economy goes bad, we should stop saying the people are lazy. It usually means the leaders made bad choices, or something had happened that nobody could stop.

The innocent citizens that are suffering didn't ask to be in such a position or situation, they didn't ask for the price to go up, they didn't ask that their savings should disappear. A little girl in a rural or poor country did not choose where she was born. A father trying to buy food items for his family did not cause the inflation.

When we make fun of a country's bad economy, we are laughing at people's sadness, especially the poor people, we are laughing at families that has less food at night, we are laughing at young person who worked hard in school but cannot find a job.

No one knows what the next day brings to your country, today your country might have lot of money, but things can really change fast.  A Storm can come, or Price can go up unexpectedly everywhere. If your house burns down, you would not want your neighbors to stand outside and laugh at you. You would want them to bring you a mattress or just say, "I am sorry for what happened to you."

It cost you nothing to be kind, if you cannot help a country fix it's money problem, the least we can do is keep our heart clean and quiet, or better still give them some words of encouragement. We should stop laughing at people who are already hurting, because under our clothes and behind our different languages, we are just human beings trying our best to live and survive, because that's why we are here on earth.

[Jubilee58]

If a country's economy is bad, it is not something people should begin to jubilate because it is of no use to do that . The major source of bad economy is wrong leadership, when bad policies are made to favour the politicians or people of high class rather than the general masses. When the economy of any country is bad sometimes it doesn't affect that particular country alone, it extends to some other countries with close relationship with them. Sometimes, their could be a kind of relationship between two or more countries, it could be in terms of trade or some other raw materials, so when their is instability in any of those countries, the rest of them are affected in one way or the other. So, this is not what anyone should be happy about instead the right thing to think about is how economy will be fixed so that economic stability can be maintained.

[noorman0]

Mass poverty is the consequence of various factors, all of which ultimately stem from greed. In reality, there are opportunities for people to change their economic status, it is a matter of choice, but greedy individuals are often better positioned to exploit such situations. Ignorance and money politics together contribute to why a nation remains trapped in poverty.

I do not laugh at poverty itself; however, when I hear people consciously state that they will vote for a leader simply because that leader pays them, that is what compels me to laugh.

[stadus]

Thanks for reminding us OP. Sometimes we forget about humanity, just because we have a good life, we think others are beneath us. We fail to see that there's a bigger part of the world that suffers from hunger, and I really admire those people who find ways to help especially financially to feed the hungry. Some countries have reached this point because of government corruption but we should not just keep blaming others, we should move forward and recognize the problem and find a solution.

Charities like UNICEF have made it their mission to help those in need, if there's a way we can help by donating let's do so.

[fighter2627]

Well if the nation economy is down, let's pray for the leader who lead the nation for the sake of the citizen who lived in that country.

due to the number one affected by the failure of the economy are the citizens who are on the verge of poverty, instead of helping them, the government that is leading them is adding
to it due to the sitting officials in the government are all corrupt.

[Rockstarguy]

But I don't see anything funny about a country having poor people or struggling economically. If there is anything that can be funny in countries like this, it is the kind of leaders they have. I don't see why, in a country where leaders are stealing public funds to buy expensive houses and cars while their country is poor and the people are poor, this is amusing.

This is very funny, and leaders in countries like this need to be used for caricature because if you are not funny, I don't see why one would be holding a position and there is no good development or improvement in the economy.

[yudi09]

As good citizens, we can contribute to the country’s progress and revival in various ways. Paying taxes on time is one way to contribute to the country’s economy. The taxes we pay are not limited to a single type—they may include more than one—and this constitutes our contribution to the country.
If the government responsible for managing the country is led by capable individuals who are well-suited to their respective fields of expertise—ensuring that all efforts are on target—that is a great blessing, since they, too, receive their salaries from the people’s money.

[Bright0515]

When you see a country that has a bad economy the major cause is poor leadership structure, in most of these countries you have corrupt leaders controlling the system and all they do is take public funds and invest in other countries but nothing goes back to their own country. This causes recession and a poor condition of living for the citizens living in that country and laughing at them is pointless because that can happen in any country. I would say people that are living better than others especially in the western countries are fortunate because similar things can happen in any country. Lastly, inflation also affects a country"s economy as well, no matter how the citizens work hard to provide for theirself and family it's always going to be a struggle.

[Woodie]

O don't think people laugh when things get this bad, we have seen these scenarios with Zimbabwe, Venezuela and the latest  to the list Ukraine now because of the war and as humans the most likely outcome is humanitarian effort to try cushion the impact.. and if it's possible a deal can be reached with the likes of IMF despite people saying these are usually bad.

It should be also mentioned that some are artificial causes because of sanctions like they tried with Russia but failed, now trying to do the same with Iran who are now getting the cushion from it's Brics partners, so not really a laughing matter..