Essay – what is poverty?


I will try to say only what I think about all the world and its problem. Certainly I will say more about poverty and how in my opinion we must to act for our own success and dreams. I am a very altruist person and I want to change the world, but I know that is impossible.

So, we live in a world in which all the laws are maked by the people and all of them want to be in advantage. The capitalistic system has a very important characteristic which consist in orientation toward welfare. We all know about the success of the West and it is their merit, but in any period of time the economy was a result of pragmatism and more else such nuance.

In The question is what is poverty? We cannot to define it like a phenomenon or like a thing which have a specific character . The poverty has many characters and form, but always it remain to be poverty. Often we understood through poverty the incapacity to feed our families, but other times we consider the situation debasing because of absence of money. In situation without money in which I was, I felt yourself very sensible at outside weather. I seen a sun with teeth and ugly cloud in the sky. The things changing in color when I try to understand why we are in this situation. When I know the cause of our situation I begin quiet myself. I think more clearly and my mind begin without start to look for solutions. I think all day and all night and find many ideas how to change the situation created by others in our own country and continent. If we want to reduce poverty then we must to act in way to help people to achieve their goal. Without help from developed countries we still behind a long periodof time. I consider that if developed countries want to help then its must not do business with poor countries because it may be the same situation when Columbo exchange mirrors on amer-indien’s gold. I believe it is a very stupid mistake when a businessman do business in a poor country. Because if he can make his employees happy than he can make with their help a lot of unhappy people. These are the unmerciless rules of the business. Someone say that my country remain behind developed countries with sixty years. So, when my country will have the same economic level then we could discuss about business. Of course it would be very difficult, but we must understand and accept the reality. We all know that a lot of people from poor countries work abroad. In Roumanian this phenomenon is named “munca la negru”. It is a very adequate wording. This phenomenon is the same balsam which preserve the situation and maintain for a long period of time. Work is eternal wealth say a Roumanian poet – Aleco Russo in his eternal creation- “Cîntarea României”. So, the same eternal wealth which we need for our own welfare we give gratuitously and forever. Therefore let’s do so as to bring happiness in the poor countries too. I want to say that the process of reducing foreign trade mustn’t to be at once, but step by step in few years. So, the poor countries can to make progress by itself because the developed countries achieved their level not doing trade and business with poor countries. I consider that poor countries have great potential too. For example in Moldova I know a lot of people with great intelectual potential, but which are bent from our country. So, here is why in these countries we have bad leaders and chiefs Therefore we must to encourage young people to stay home in their countries and to contribute at development. The developed countries aren’t jointly interested in flowering of poor countries. The interest of helping poor countries we would observe when they will show us what to do in our countries not in their countries. We have not so many resources, but I am sure that all of us can find our place here. Only examining thenot we for them. resources and possibilities we can find the way of our progress. All depend of how rapidly we will act to overtake the developed countries and to be powerful too. Here are the solution- we must to work here in our country and here we must to study how to invest money and how to make the money to working for us. I propose to make an association of countries under way of developing. Thus they will bring their relations more neighbour and the collaboration will be more close. Also in these countries I propose to push in act a program through which people may inform learn new way of investing. The investor position is the same advantageous. So, we must to build in people the spirit of investment. The people must begin to believe in their force and capacity. Otherwise the consideration that poor countries have no power really inhibit the initiative of the people . So, if we want to reach the Millenium Development , all of the World must want that. And if we do not achieve our global goal then we do not want enough that. The program which I propose is the first step we must do. I want to be understood well. I do not propose to isolate the poor countries. It is a temporary action and then after half a century or less two world will take economic collaboration againI believe that if we want radically to reduce poverty we must do the radically actions. Because we have too many factors which make our today’s world to live more. The mistakes which we make – maintain this situation and do not try to change something. One of these factors is trafficking of people- modern form of slavery. Yes, it is a very important factor- slavery which had a great role in developing the West colonies. And now it continue to contribute of course in a new form. People from poor countries make a negative image and that demonstrate the absence of culture. The negative image is because of prostitution, illegal work and more else . It is interesting that people- keys are from countries of destination of traffic. Then I ask: “Who is culprit in this problem?”. What I know is that if we have demand than we will have offer. Traffic of people is very advantageous because if a drug we can sell once then people we can sell many times. Here are why trafficking of people is profitable and is very difficult to stop this phenomenon. The solution of this situation I find in my idea: to isolate temporary the poor countries and to let to develop yourself. We must to build a healthy society, to build correct thinking and a national conscience.

A great problem of more countries is that they haven’t a national integrity. Another factor which I consider not so good is the possible globalisation which maintain the relation between people the same. Through globalisation I understand a good way to monopolize the administration sphere. Therefore I consider it now and afterwards a dangerous thing. We must to observe where appear the idea and why it appear in these countries. So, I think that if a developed country promote this idea we may think about a snare in which we can fall consciously. For the moment we have no globalisation, so let’s think about problem already existing. I can say that a big problem in poor countries is also the corruption. It appear because of absence of money. And I consider that the same corrupted money is made abroad. Therefore, who work abroad have the money to pay for a service or interest. So we become a corrupted society. The question which interest me is:”What sort of future and what moral worth we offer for our children?” Another idea which I have for a long period of time is that we can categorize countries by worth of used time of workers. Someone say that work is like a content giving of sense of life. So, I propose to study by this sigh and to make some conclusion. I believe that thus we will obtain a more real rendering of the global situation. Then we can categorize the developed countries, under way of developing and poor. This criterion I consider obiective and more adequate.

Thus I think we can trace out the same critical points which need urgently intervention. We all need in help. The problem is that our life is not so long and we must to find good way to be happy in this life. I define life like a kind of wasting the time when you do not know what to do. Here is my definition of the life and I urge all not to waste their time because we lose our life. We must to live together, to build our life and build yourself. And I believe that we finally will find a solution, I am sure. May be we all will be the witness which will see how modify the world. What will make us more happy is when we improve our world and you know about our contribution. So, let’s change this world and let’s all being happy.

On the end I want to say that these ideas are only mine and I formulated them. May be I don’t understand so well this world, but I am glad that I have some ideas different from others. I try to believe that I don’t waste my time writing this essay and don’t rape your priceless time too. Thanks.

Sunday, 29 February, 2004

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14 răspunsuri la “Essay – what is poverty?”

  1. WAKE UP,BASARABIA!!! OPEN YOUR EYES!!! THE FUTURE IS IN OUR HANDS…

  2. Mai degrabă chineza şi hindu, dar vor avea ambele accent şi influenţe covîrşitoare englezeşti, din cauza globalizării 😉
    Bravo, Ion pentru text!

  3. Las la o parte engleza ‘de balta’ folosita.

    Anyway, Socolenco, mic socialist ce esti!!!! trimis la studii in tari slave fratesti.

    Incepi sa debitezi ineptii de genul ‘tarele globalizarii’ ori ‘intrajutorare frateasca’. Parca tu ai debitat aici ‘association of countries under way of developing’ cum le spui matale, nu?

    Sigur, sigur pe acest palier de filozofie socialista desueta poti delira in continuare.

    A propos: nu din acest motiv s-au infiintat CSI? Sau el este produsul strangerii la sanul maicii Rusia a celor mai ascultatoare popoare din imediata vecinatate?

    Hai. Tot inainte tovarasi, ca Inainte era mai bine. NU-I asa?

  4. Oleg, mersi.

    Puff, dar Parteneriatul Estic pus pe rol de EU iti spune ceva?

  5. Nu iti inteleg intrebarea?

    Parteneriatul Estic propus statelor din ESt reprezinta butonul de „HOLD, until further notice”.

  6. A lot of problems all together in a text makes the reader even more confused. The final idea, that we will build, for sure, a brighter future, tells me little.
    You speak about the gap between poor and rich countries and that the rich make profit of the poor countries. Indeed, no leader of a rich country truly worries about Moldova, Mexico, or Rwanda. Still, we can’t ignore the relations with the powerful „brothers”; we’d better focus on every their and our movement on international arena.

  7. Ana-Maria, it was an essay about poverty. Of course, I tried to collect here all ideas related to this phenomenon and possible solutions. As you know even this financial crisis is provoked by rich countries. My main idea in this essay is that: we need to open eyes and to be careful because as you observed no one is interested in our welfare. First of all we must understand how we could build prosperity in Moldova. In this way we can become important on international arena, too.

  8. Draga, Socolenco,
    Nu ne propavaduiai tu ca „lume buna” este si inspre Est. Parca imi aduc aminte cand incercai “sa ne deschizi” mintea ca am face bine sa nu ne mai uitam numai catre vest ci sa ascultam si parerile si opiniile dinspre Rusia si , ma rog toate ideile luminoase ce vin dispre est? Eu asa imi aduc aminte.

    Ce ne tot vorbesti tu aici in limba lui Shakespeare, foloseste-o pe cea a lui Gorki pe care o stapanesti mai bine. Te asigur ca asa poti gasi mai multi adepti ai noii tale ideologii care sincer mi se pare paguboasa pentru orice tara cu atat mai mult pentru una micuta si expusa nevolniciei vremurilor.

  9. Puff, zachem mne pishati na russkom, daca eu pot sa scriu bine in romana? 🙂

  10. Asa draga!

    Nu uita sa ne scrii in chirilice, sa fie injuratura mai credibila.

  11. Bine, daca tot vrei injurat atunci iti voi spune prin vorba sfatosului din Humulesti: Puff, pashol na turbinku! 😀

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