Synthmilk
The United Peoples of Synth
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Posted - 2012.06.25 16:27:00 -
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I would just like to point out that the definition of "poverty" is not appropriate for describing the state in which many Caldari exist, because the Caldari government has a differing opinion on what constitutes poverty.
For example, in the State, if you have a job that provides habitation and enough food to maintain a minimum of health such that you are not prone to disease, you are not poor. It doesn't matter if your home is the size of an average Gallente public toilet stall, consists of a shower and a vertical bed, and you must purchase all of your food from the company you work for as you must eat all of your meals at your place of work, due to you not having the space at home or time before and after work to eat elsewhere.
Now, I can't provide a source for the following figure as the person I got them from would be charged with treason, but upward of 40% of Caldari citizens live in conditions approaching those I described above. Earning enough to just survive, with no savings, no possibility of possessions, and the only way to get a better life, is to impress your immediate superiors at work, assuming your contract allows promotion within the term of the contract.
Why don't we hear about this? Because the people currently living in these conditions don't have access to public communications, and are prevented from sharing the details of their lives by contract regardless, past or present. Almost nobody who lives in these conditions ever get promoted to a point where they have the money to leave Caldari space where they would be relatively free to disclose this information, and of the people who do climb the corporate ladder that high either are too afraid to try, don't think there is anything wrong with it, or don't care.
Largely these people are raised to think that these conditions are perfectly acceptable, or even a positive aspect of their society.
So I disagree with Mr. Khross' assertion that the Caldari people have a significantly lower percentage of their people being poor relative to either the Republic or the Federation, and I dare say the poor in the Federation and Republic have far more freedom in their day-to-day lives than their Caldari counterparts, not to mention more freedom to change their circumstances. |