*But if we take that to its logical conclusion, are we not saying that the very poorest people in the world should be expected to forego love, family, friendship, dignity, self-worth and whatever other basic human experiences they could have and toss them all aside as they are, first and foremost, poor people; and the only thing that matters in their lives must be to have more money?
I'm not for one moment suggesting that this is your own viewpoint, but doesn't that kind of reasoning sort of lead us to believing that women and girls in poor countries who are forced into prostitution in order to feed their kids are actually being empowered by the generous (often foreign western) men who are helping them to achieve 'the only worthy goal*
i am not married, am single and currently unemployed due to illness and have never experienced poverty. I am not rich by any means, far from it, but I think yes from, reading mn that real poverty does kill love fast and makes one's like completely terrible in ways I can't truly grasp. The gender is irrelevant here. I am saying that yes the poorest people would run towards money,well many of them, because it is their only escape from the hell that is poverty. If you can't afford to eat or can't afford to feed your kids then yes money will take priority naturally.