&#62; Therefore I can't blame people, if they don't know any better.<p>This sounds to me as patronizing. I refuse to think that Cameroonians "don't know any better".<p>I was not really speaking for Cameroon anyway. My main target was India, where you'll see the most demeaning, wretched kind of poverties. I am responsible for it, and if I choose not to do anything about it, then it's my deliberate choice. That's all I am saying.<p>&#62;  for example not everybody has the skills to become elected as president to be able to change the laws<p>We are not all born with the tools required for the things we need done. We <i>acquire</i> them over time.<p>Waiting for a messiah to materialize is what I'd call the Kalki-complex. Kalkis (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki</a>) are myths. If there's to be change, it must come from us. And that sense of responsibility is what would inspire each of us to strive to be mini-Kalkis, and with any luck, some of us might even become major-Kalkis.