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Originally Posted by VikingMan
Almost all humans are sociopaths to some degree. The fact you know that children are starving all over the world yet you go to Starbucks every day and order a $4 blended coffee drink and $3 scone or insist on paying $15,000 for a Toyota with a Lexus symbol on it shows you are a sociopath. If you cared one ounce of bettering this world then you would live way below your means and donate the rest to charity. How many people do this? Almost none. By the way this post was not directly at the OP but at the average person who lives in "rich" countries such as USA.
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You are correct in saying this and a lot of people think they are hard done by living here in the UK. I was talking to somebody at work and he said a similar thing that there are no starving people in the UK. We have no real idea of what its like to have no food or clean water, and we dont know how lucky we really are, even the people who dont work or dont have much in the UK dont know what its like to be a starving child or a family caught up in somebody elses war.
I live pretty comfortable and Im lucky I do have a well paid job and I do give to both people and animal charitys by way of direct debit each month, but I could give a lot more if I did not buy half the crap I waste my money on. We are so used to having and wanting material things we very often forget about the people who really do need help.