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All Systems Go · 6 Feb 2008, 17:09

There area few kinds of poverty but the two most common would be relative and absolute. Now, it is taken as granted that relative poverty cannot be eradicated within a capitalist society though it can be reduced (although even some are opposed to that).

What I am therefore interested in is absolute poverty. Can it be abolished in the capitalist system? If there was a concerted effort could absolute poverty (people living on less than $1 a day) be wiped out?

6 Feb 2008, 17:09	#1
All Systems Go Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London Posts: 3,347	Poverty There area few kinds of poverty but the two most common would be relative and absolute. Now, it is taken as granted that relative poverty cannot be eradicated within a capitalist society though it can be reduced (although even some are opposed to that). What I am therefore interested in is absolute poverty. Can it be abolished in the capitalist system? If there was a concerted effort could absolute poverty (people living on less than $1 a day) be wiped out? __________________ The 20th century has been characterised by three developments of great political importance. The growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power; and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.