Original artwork, not a still
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Poverty, the speaker insists, is not a law of nature but a human creation, in the same category as slavery and apartheid. Because people built it, people can dismantle it. The statement places responsibility, and hope, in collective human action rather than in fate or unchangeable circumstances.
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