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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"quoteoftheday",<br>"author":"aaronsthilaire",<br>"permlink":"quote-of-the-day-1-poverty-is-the-worst-form-of-violence",<br>"title":"Quote of the Day #1: Poverty is the Worst Form of Violence",<br>"body":"<center><b>Gandhi once said,<br> \"Poverty is the worst form of violence.\" <\/b><\/center>\n\n<center>![IMG_2020.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmQXvd3T2Rh8RnKW3rfms4yoqEUufcub9MQcsMH19WGYzE\/IMG_2020.jpg)<\/center>\n\n\nWhat's great about quotes is that we naturally take the words out of context because it just needs more explanation.\n\nWith that,<br> there's plenty of different opinions on plenty of different quotes.\n\nWhat should be clear to many is that,<br> opinions don't matter,<br> but I'm interested in others' thought process and how they break it down.\n\nI'll give you my context of the quote.\n\nI grew up in ghetto neighborhoods,<br> in America. I've got to throw that in there because what I know as poverty is not a severe as some of the third world countries. \n\nAccording to [The U.S. Census Bureau (https:\/\/www.census.gov\/search-results.html?q=income+average&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&%3Acq_csrf_token=undefined),<br> the average income in the U.S. is $53,<br>889,<br> anything below that in my opinion is mediocre (below average),<br> and that's what I consider poverty.\n\nI definitely would agree with Gandhi,<br> that being below average finance-wise,<br> is an extremely violent place. Always worrying about bills,<br> penny pinching,<br> and scrapping your funds together to cover your obligations. That causes people to do things like rob banks,<br> or other people personally,<br> sell drugs for larger and quicker income. \n\nExtreme violence. \n\nHow difficult is it for a person in that situation to support his family,<br> community,<br> friends,<br> church,<br> etc.,<br> when they can barely support themselves.\n\nWith my opinion being out there...\n\nWhat does the quote mean to you?",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"quoteoftheday\",<br>\"dailyquotes\",<br>\"money\",<br>\"entrepreneur\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmQXvd3T2Rh8RnKW3rfms4yoqEUufcub9MQcsMH19WGYzE\/IMG_2020.jpg\" ,<br>\"links\":[\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/search-results.html?q=income+average&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&%3Acq_csrf_token=undefined\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " | | vote | "voter":"aaronsthilaire",
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