> So if your fellow man isn't starving to death they're doing all right?
Not at all. However, if they're doing pretty well....
> It is completely legitimate for someone in the United States to be upset that Warren Buffett can make his billions while they can't make rent
It may be legitimate to be upset, but that doesn't imply that it is legitmate to claim that poverty in the US is at all comparable to poverty in, say, the Sudan.
If you can't, or won't, distinguish being poor in the US from being poor elsewhere, you're either dishonest or ignorant. Which one is a reason to listen to you?
Not at all. However, if they're doing pretty well....
> It is completely legitimate for someone in the United States to be upset that Warren Buffett can make his billions while they can't make rent
It may be legitimate to be upset, but that doesn't imply that it is legitmate to claim that poverty in the US is at all comparable to poverty in, say, the Sudan.
If you can't, or won't, distinguish being poor in the US from being poor elsewhere, you're either dishonest or ignorant. Which one is a reason to listen to you?