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Old 03-23-2004, 02:17 PM   #13
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
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No it wouldn't. The children of elite families are prone to disillusionment if they come in contact with the desperately poor. It's a common theme in literature - see "The Prince and the Pauper," and "Metropolis". Of course, in real life, they don't always learn the right lessons and save the day. But it is not the poverty of the individual that did it, it is the cultural poverty.

And GDP per capita is a meaningless statistic. The elite families make tons, and the masses make nothing.
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