Poverty is the natural state of things. Those that exist in a state of poverty exist in the natural state of things. It is only through globalization and development that some people free themselves from this natural order. This phenomenon is the only known on record to lift people out of poverty, and it so happens that this phenomenon allocates this wealth unequally. No alternative method has ever succeeded in both creating wealth and allocating it equally.<p>If all the effort expended on arguing about this magical &quot;other path&quot; to prosperity was spent on actually generating prosperity, I think we would find that many of our former grievances would resolve themselves..