"The only way to
bridge the inequality and basic human right gap is by people who are over
consuming (just using more stuff like gadgets, clothes, luxuries, houses, maids, rooms, land, chauffers, nannys, cars, holidays etc)
to consume less.
Having someone else to do one's
personal dirty work, laundry, dishes, cook, clean etc when one is physically
capable of doing it oneself is exploitative at the most fundamental level. This
presumes that the time of the maid is less valuable than that of her/his
employer!
All work is work. The basic
reason to compensate some more than the other is a rule that has been made to
keep a constant feed into the exploitative machine. If all work were to be
compensated equally, there will be no one to willing to do another's dirty work
as they would not need the money! No one does another person's house work out
of passion.
The 'Demand and supply'
argument that is used to defend differential compensation is flawed because
demand and supply is artificially fixed to keep the differential intact.
It does not really matter
if you contribute to charity, buy organic, give free tutions, pay for your
servant's child's education, support fair trade, sport eco-friendly outfit, run
for charity and all the rest, as long as you do not do your own work you are
exploitative. You honestly do not want a world that does not have people poorer
than you for then there will be no one to work for you!
If you have and use way
more stuff, like cars, phones, houses, clothes, gadgets, shoes, land etc, than
majority of the people in the world and are not willing to shed some of these
voluntarily then don't bother planting trees or have them planted with your
money, buying organic, avoiding plastic, work with NGOs to 'empower the poor',
working with self help groups, etc for none of these actions can really balance
the imbalance you continue to create and maintain through your own
lifestyle."
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