It ' s this specific picture I shit you not . <| sep |> ugusanos might not be doing anything to help , but certainly isn ' t contributing to the problem as much as others are . That ' s worth something to be sure , but I don ' t agree with the all too pervasive notion of superiority in claims of moral highground . So I agree with you , but the fact of the matter is we currently live under capitalism , and the single fastest way to pull south east Asia and Africa out of poverty , is by giving them jobs . This might be the fastest way , but the problem with consumption as charity is that it maintains the unethical situation that impoverishes people to begin with . Don ' t get me wrong , charity is a good thing , it is certainly better than nothing . But if we truly want to eliminate poverty , we have to establish systemic changes that will eliminate the possibility for poverty . Personally I don ' t think that such systemic changes are possible within liberal capitalism . Our challenge is to construct state apparatus which does not allow for systemic economic oppression .