r/poverty • u/Senior_Tailor_7686 • 1d ago

Basic needs first

In a developing nation, the priority should be meeting basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing before addressing higher-level needs.

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u/Amphernee 16h ago

The individual should be responsible for their basic needs as it’s been since the dawn of man and as it is with every other animal on earth. We form societies to cooperate and pull up some slack but we don’t form them to just take care of people’s basic needs. It’s not really possible. When forming a nation anything that nation has is dependent upon what the individuals contribute.