Please travel more instead of just reading. What you argue totally depends on the country.
Some of the 'poor' people here in Colombia work 3 hours a day, earn just the same money as someone who recently got a bachelor degree, and stay the rest of the day drinking beer and saving no money for tomorrow.
They also tend to have very big plasmas or LCD TVs and huge sound systems, while their houses are just bricks without any paint on them.
So, I live in a very rich country (you just can't imagine the delicious and cheap fruits here) but full of poor people.
Some of the 'poor' people here in Colombia work 3 hours a day, earn just the same money as someone who recently got a bachelor degree, and stay the rest of the day drinking beer and saving no money for tomorrow.
They also tend to have very big plasmas or LCD TVs and huge sound systems, while their houses are just bricks without any paint on them.
So, I live in a very rich country (you just can't imagine the delicious and cheap fruits here) but full of poor people.