POVERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Poverty and social justice
Brazil is one of the most important and rich countries in the world. This could be a good reason for Brazilian people to have a better condition of life. Unfortunately, this is kind of a utopia, a distant, impossible dream tor the majority of all us.
The way our governments manage and spend our resources is rather irresponsible. The corruption, present in almost all the levels of the public administration, is one of the main causes for the chaos we can witness in all the cities around the country. Homeless people, starvation, precarious health system and the collapse in the educational process are just some aspects of the reality faced by the most unfortunate ones.
Violence is another issue. Most of the ordinary people have already had a relative or a friend involved or killed in robbers, kidnaps, drug dealers disputes and other illegal activities around the country. Most of these crimes happen in the suburban areas of the big cities. Most of these places are abandoned or neglected by the government. They are places where the government actions simply don't go. Their population, surrounded by all kind of adversities, live in a permanent state of alert and preoccupation. They live under pressure all the time. This is what the absence of the government causes.
At these areas, the young people, who are supposed to make a difference in the future, are not offered an opportunity to improve their present situation at all. A role concerned to the government, I guess. As a result, most of these people, with no options, go straight to the crime activities. A journey with no back. A gloomy and hopeless future. A complete disgrace.
This entire situation might be quite different, only if the government made its obligation, I guess. With such a large amount of resources, including the heaviest taxes o f the world, no one should suffer from such deprivations in Brazil. With a better distribution of this income, the poorest ones would have a better life.
I credit this unhappy situation to the government incompetency only. Or maybe to the gang in our parliament. Nevertheless, we're the ones who can change this scenario. All this country needs is a revolution. Not an armed but a cultural one.
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As you say the social justice is a dream, the situation in Argentina is very similar. Rich people are richer each time and poor ones, poorer.
But I don't blame governments(Even I don't like my president). It's a cultural problem. I'm a teacher so I'm naturally optimistic , if I didn't think Education can make the difference, I wouldn't be working as a teacher.
There's a song by Alejandro Lerner that says: Para cambiar el mundo, empieza por tí.
This is Berta, a friend of José Antonio in Caracas.
What you wrote in this post applies completely to our situation here in Venezuela where millions of dollars have entered the country in the past 10 years and they have been delapidated and stolen by the government and "the gang" in parliament, as you have mentioned. Never before did we have a country in ruins as we have it today with so many dead, especially on weekends, as if we were at war. People prefer to stay inside their house after 6 p.m. for fear of being kidnapped or simply murdered. Well prepared young professionals are going abroad searching for a better life and draining the country of brilliant minds who could make a difference in progress but who choose to do it elsewhere. It is a really tragic situation we are all in these days and I particularly see no light at the end of the tunnel, not here in Venezuela where the word revolution has no meaning anymore.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Your text is extremely well written, even for an advanced student of English as a foreign language. You also like to write extensively (376 words in 6 paragraphs), 58.2/100 of reading ease and 8.4 grade level (these are readibility formulas given by the word program after you check grammar and spelling, interesting indeed). Well done, Carmosino. Congratulations!!!
Thanks a lot for your comments on my article about poverty and social justice. I really appreciate your remarks. It is sad to know though that the social situation in your country is so similar to the one in Brazil. In fact, we've heard many things about your country and your controversial president. But what we have to have in mind is that everything goes on. Nothing is permanent. Everythig changes. Let's remember John Lennon's phrase: "You can say I'm a dreamer, but i'm not the only one". Sometimes, we have no options, but the time is a lorde we can rely on. And than one day, we'll have a better world. A better life. A world with no oppression. No hypocrisy. No starvation. No etc, etc, etc. That's my dream. This is what a wish for you and your magnificent country.
Carmosino.
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