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Do we want to live in a world where the richest 1% owns 50% of the wealth?

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Today, 1.5 million people are without access to electricity.

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In 6 of the 10 poorest countries in the world, the main causes of death are the diseases

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that can easily be prevented by adequate treatments such as malaria, cholera, lower

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respiratory tract, and prenatal infections.

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500,000 children go blind each year from a deficiency of vitamin A.

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As of 2015, 1 out of every 7 people survived on $1.25.

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This poverty is indeed one of the most important problems in the world.

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Actually, the reason underlying the problem of poverty is not the limited resources in

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the world, but the uneven distribution of wealth among people.

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The most extensive report on the income inequality in the world was published in 2014 by Oxfam,

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an organization which seeks to eliminate inequality.

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The Oxfam report indicates that the wealth in the world amounts to $250 trillion.

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It was the richest 1% of the world population that has accumulated the half of this amount,

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namely $125 trillion.

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The other half was distributed among the other 99%.

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Another striking finding was that the top 62 richest people in the world owned as much wealth

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as the poorest 3.5 billion combined in 2015.

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The rise of capitalism in the last 25 years caused the emergence of mega-rich people.

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The philosophy that the winner takes all and the economic policies adopted enriched the rich further.

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The main reason behind such increase in the world inequality is the determination of economic policies by mega-rich people.

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Only those inside the system, or those who benefit from the system, could really understand the structure of the financial markets due to their complex nature.

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An average citizen with no control over the system is the one who always loses in such an economy.

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A system, which looks after the interests of the rich, has been built by globalized economies.

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The countries under a harsh competitive environment are obligated to reduce the taxes,

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which brings about a reduction in the transfer of funds to social and environmental projects.

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Labor rights are being overlooked due to the extreme competitive pressure.

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More income groups are forced to settle with less education, health, and security services, causing the next generations to grow poorer.

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The people oppressed under the brutal face of capitalism look for the remedy on the streets.

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The figures given are more than just statistics.

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In truth, those statistics represent an African child starving to death,

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a Vietnamese woman struggling with diseases due to malnourishment,

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or a worker in China having to survive on a handful of rights.

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This world serves as a common home for seven billion people.

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Nobody has the right to say,

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as long as I am able to live my life as I wish, the rest is no concern of mine.

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It is the people who prefer their everyday interests to the good of humanity that cast a shadow over the world.

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The conscious people in the world are required to ally with each other,

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in order to extinguish this flame of egoism.