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Old 18th January 2008, 02:38 AM
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Default No middle class

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Originally Posted by Msoto View Post
All the people must want change for the situation in sub saharan africa.
At the moment only the lower class want change, the middle and upper class want normalcy, the perceive change as 'redistribution and chaos'. They are self-interested and the need for change hasn't really changed their lives. No one has been able to convince them that they should advocate for change over their daily lives. The risk doesn't warrant them to take any action. So in the end, the quagmire we find ourselves continues.
Yes, what you say is very understandable.But many people have also argued that the missing link in Sub Saharan Africa is the middle class.That there is only Upper and lower class.That ignorance is so widespread that the only hope the lower class can believe in is 'in heaven'. i.e after they die. That if there is a middle class, the poor will see what their lives can become if they work harder.That the poor look, and the ripe fruits at the tree top are so far off that they find no reason to go near the trunk.
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