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WORLD POVERTY: ENTRY AND BASIC PRINCIPLE

The subject of world poverty, despite the fact that Western and industrial society in general is living in a situation of opulence and wealth never known before in the course of history, is unfortunately still very topical and dramatic. There are entire regions of the world, particularly on the African continent, where human beings do not even have the minimum to survive or barely have it, they have to lead a life of hardship without the minimum human rights that should be guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 
Again, the problem is not local, but global. This is for two reasons, one historical, the other philosophical.
The historical reason concerns the very serious faults of Western society in having reduced those territories to a situation of slavery - think of the slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries - and colonial exploitation, depriving them of their raw materials. Because of this intervention from outside by non-African peoples on indigenous peoples, the current problem of poverty on that continent cannot be considered merely local, but has global causes.
The philosophical reason concerns the randomness of birth. To be born in a land whose state is evolved and gives the opportunity to study, to be able to train professionally, to exercise a fulfilling and even well-paid profession, is not a merit, but a fortune due to the chance of birth. Therefore, it is also not a demerit to be born in an area where, on the contrary, this is not possible and where living conditions are catastrophic and starvation. For this philosophical reason, it is the duty of humanity to help those who have been punished by the case of birth, regardless of where that birth takes place.
Today, it is mainly African citizens who start their lives from extremely difficult objective conditions, in the past it was citizens of other states and inhabitants of other territories who had to seek their fortune elsewhere (think of the invasions from northern Europe into the south of the continent, dominated by the Roman Empire) and in the future it will surely be other peoples who will have such misfortune. The wheel of fortune turns, which is why it is good for humanity to consider the issue of poverty from a global and cosmopolitan point of view. 

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