“If I were a supervillain, I would end capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia... but I guess that's a little too obvious and not villain-y enough. Because that's actually being a superhero. I would break down poverty with my machete; I would end world hunger.” IfsWorldLittlesEndsEnoughPovertyBreakRacismCapitalismHungerObviousSexismVillainBreaking DownSuperheroHomophobiaWorld HungerSupervillainsMachetes Author:Kathleen Hanna
“As the twentieth century draws to a close it has become obvious that material yardsticks alone cannot serve as an adequate measure of human well-being. Even as basic an issue as poverty has to be re-examined to take into account the psychological sense of deprivation that makes people feel poor.” PeopleFeelsHumansWellsEnoughPoorPovertyIssuesCenturyMaterialsDrawsAccountsObviousPsychologicalWell BeingAdequateTwentieth CenturyDeprivationYardsticks Book:Towards a true refuge Source: Towards a true refuge
“It seems far-fetched, even preposterous, to blame the global economic order for the persistence of severe poverty in countries that are ruled by obvious thugs and crooks.” CountrySeemsOrderPovertyEconomicBlameObviousPersistenceSevereThugCrooksEconomic Order Author:Thomas Pogge
“You the rich are no whit more attractive or capable than you who were poor and struggling a few years back. But when before you plodded lonely and unappreciated, now the glamour of the motor and the smart apartment surrounds you with a tangible glory. It is amazing how many friends look you up, call you by name, and extol you, who were once a little timid, or indifferent, or utterly neglectful in your time of dire poverty. One has true friends when one is poor and no riches can be greater than that. They are not so obvious when one is rich.” YearsLooksLittlesSuccessNamesFriendshipWealthPoorPovertyStruggleRichGreaterCapableSmartGloryLonelyObviousRichesAttractiveSurroundApartmentIndifferentTrue FriendMotorGlamourTangibleMany Friends Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“Choice! The key is choice. You have options. You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame, and self-pity. But hold on! If this is true then why have so many among us apparently elected to live in this manner? The answer is obvious. Those who live in unhappy failure have never exercised their options for a better way of life because they have never been aware that had any choices” IfsWayNeedsSelfChoicesAnswersGriefPovertyIgnoranceKeysShameObviousUnhappyPityBetter WaysSelf PityWallowing Author:Og Mandino
“The message from history is so blatantly obvious - that free trade causes mutual prosperity while protectionism causes poverty - that it seems incredible that anybody ever thinks otherwise. There is not a single example of a country opening its borders to trade and ending up poorer.” ThinkingCountrySeemsCausesPovertyExampleMessagesTradeIncrediblesProsperityObviousOpeningBordersMutualFree TradeProtectionism Author:Matt Ridley
“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.” NeedsMightSpiritualScienceWealthInterestingAttentionPovertyInformationSourceInternetObviousRationalityOverabundance Author:Herbert Simon
“Being unemployed is even more disastrous for individuals than you'd expect. Aside from the obvious harm - poverty, difficulty paying off debts - it seems to directly affect people's health, particularly that of older workers.” PeopleSeemsIndividualPovertyDifficultyWorkersObviousDebtHarmUnemployed Author:James Surowiecki