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From poverty, the most killing oneself. You believe that in the future you might regret not having studied anything? Well, nobody studies. It's July 71st, I complete six years as a beggar. People are very discriminatory; they see one as obsolete. I had to work since I was a kid. Playing with my brothers was a hard childhood, and all the time I think, we have to... no, I don't have money, I don't have money, I don't have money. Very limiting, very restricted. Friends, how are you? Welcome to a new episode of "Ruido Social," the favorite program of Mexico, Latin America, and Tasmania. If you don't believe me, please comment, my followers from Tasmania, so you see I'm not just talking big. Today we come again to the streets of Mexico City, to our already beloved Alameda, to talk with Mexicans about a topic that seems extremely important to me. We are going to talk about social classes. There is a very well-known and very ignorant saying that says the poor are poor because they want to be. But today we are going to understand first, what is poverty? Second, why? Third, if it can be inherited, and fourth, if one can get out of it as simply as saying, "Oh, well, if you want to, you can." Most Mexicans don't know which social class we belong to, and that prevents us from knowing how to solve the problem. The rich think the poor live on 33,000 pesos a month, and the poor think the rich live on 33,000 pesos a month. So, we know very little about this, and I think it's important that we know it, apart from the fact that it will be very interesting because, as you know, we're going to gossip with our interviews. Oh, guess what? I also want to tell you that this September 1st, I will be giving my full stand-up show in New York. In the video description, I will leave you the link to buy tickets. It's going to be great. I hope we meet there. And as I've told you in other videos, I'm looking for people to interview in New York, Mexicans who have been living there for a long time. So, I ask you to please contact me by email, it can be evamariaberistain@gmail.com or on my Instagram @mistercermundo. I always leave it at the beginning of the video. You can contact me there so that, well, we can see if we can do an interview. And the thing I want to tell you is that now I'm going to start uploading videos as premieres. I'm going to do this because when you upload it as a premiere, it gives you the possibility of having a live chat. So, I will be able to be there chatting with you. The public will also be there, and we can have something closer, right? Like, they tell me this topic, I like it, I would like to see this other topic. We will be able to create a more united community, and that's why I'm going to start doing it this way with video premieres. And well, now, join me to learn a little more about social mobility in Mexico. The poor are poor because they want to be. What is poverty? The definition says it is the situation of a person whose degree of deprivation is below the level that society considers minimum to maintain dignity. According to CONEVAL figures from 2018 to 2020, 3.8 million Mexicans joined the ranks of poverty, and the population of people in extreme poverty increased by 2.1 million. There are approximately 70.9 million poor people in Mexico, which represents 56.7% of the population. More than half of Mexicans live in poverty. The average Mexican worker works more than 48 hours per week. Compared to other countries, Mexicans work much more and have less to show for it. For example, in the Netherlands, a country where the average weekly hours worked barely reaches 25 hours per week, and even working less than Mexicans, their poverty rates are only 13.5% of the population. Perhaps you will say, "It's Europe, it has nothing to do with it." And agreed. Let's compare with Latin American countries. Most Latin American countries have managed to reduce their poverty in the last 10 years. Uruguay reduced its poverty by 80%, Chile by 60%, Colombia, Peru, Panama, and Paraguay by 30%. And meanwhile, Mexico only managed to reduce its poverty level by 2% in the last ten years. Why is Mexico so stagnant compared to other countries? It has to do with the concentration of wealth. Did you know that in Mexico, the richest 5% of households own 100% of Mexico's wealth? We are talking about houses, land, businesses, assets, and money that are only distributed among the most privileged. This type of wealth is called Gross Domestic Product (GDP). And in other countries like the United Kingdom or France, 80% of this GDP is distributed as wages, salaries, and remuneration to the population, while in Mexico, only 30% of the wealth generated by the country is distributed as wages, salaries, and remuneration. This means that 70% of the wealth generated for the country with your labor, with your hard work, will never reach your hands. Let me ask you a question: are you in a better socioeconomic position than your parents were at your age? Keep in mind that having a cell phone or internet is not a measure because it was not something used at the time. Analyze the purchasing power your parents had at your age and now compare it with yours. Is it less, the same, or do you have more purchasing power than your parents? If your answer is that you have greater purchasing power, you have experienced something called upward social mobility. But did you know that only 2% of people born into poverty achieve social mobility? Poverty is inherited and also accumulates from birth. You are predisposed to a certain type of life, and no, it's not because you're lazy; it's because this country is made to only favor the rich, the powerful, and leaves aside its most important part, its workforce. We need to open our eyes and realize that the poor are lazy and are poor because they want to be is a lie. In Mexico, poverty is linked to personal failure, and no, it's not always like that. Unfortunately, sometimes working hard is not enough to guarantee you a good life in this country. What is your name? My name is Austin. Okay, how old are you? I'm 19. How long have you been doing the meringue thing? About three years. Three years. Are you still studying, or are you dedicated 100% to the meringue thing? Why did you leave? Because I like to generate. You prefer having money day-to-day over studying? Do your parents also do this? I suppose, no? They work. Ah, yes, they work. What do they work in? It's just that I'm not with them. Ah, you're not with them? No, I'm independent. I live alone? No way! How is living alone at 19? No, just with my family, with my cousins and stuff. They are my age, we understand each other, and we enjoy it. So, like, all the cousins got together to live together? And what did your parents say about you all living together? Nothing, nothing. When you told them you didn't want to study anymore, also nothing. Ah, well, yes. But if the police see you, what do they do? They take it away. But right now, they don't take it because we're recording, I suppose. No, here we are covering the meringues. And for example, when you see them, what do you do? I leave. Like, right away, I get up, I turn around. Let's say you're not selling, you're just standing there. So, I count it. The jewelry is gone. I'm going to see them sometimes, but you don't know what they do. Do you get along with them or not? Much. Yes, but now that I'm generating, me, in my own thing, and now I take care of myself. With what you generate from the meringues, is it enough to pay the rent, or do you pay it among several? Yes, yes, it's enough for me for what? It's enough for me for everything. Fridays and Saturdays, it's for going to drink and stuff, to hang out. Hang out? Yes, exactly. Would you like to, for example, do you see yourself continuing to sell meringues like this for a long time, or are you thinking of moving on to something else? How is your plan to move on to something else? For example, investing what I earn, investing it in other things that will give me returns. What do your cousins do? They all do the same thing. You know all the meringues. You make them? Is it difficult? It's about getting the hang of it. Who taught you? Your cousins? Your uncle? He's like the main meringue maker. He's the boss. He's the boss. Why did you want to leave your house to live? No, but it's cool like that. Do you think that in the future you might regret not having studied, or do you think not? Well, nobody studies. No, no, we just generate money. From your parents, your uncles, is there anyone who studied? Who knows? No. What is your name? My name is Juan Carlos González. You are always here, right? Eight years ago, I had an accident, and well, I had to live like this. Before that, I was a waiter, a photographer. I tried to get incorporated, but in that situation, people are very discriminatory. They see one as obsolete. Then I wanted to become an informal merchant, and the authorities themselves do not take into account the situation of disability and relegate one, saying, "You can't be here, get out of here." "I'm going to bring the van and I'm going to fine you this much and that much." It got to the point where I said, "Well, you won't be satisfied until I end up as a beggar." It's July 71st, I complete six years as a beggar. What happened in your accident? In my accident, I was going from the restaurant to your domicile. Your servant lived in Ecatepec. The taxi driver, an older person, didn't notice, and we went under a cargo truck. Your servant was in it. I lost my leg. Yes, I say lost or fractured, but the delay at Hospital Juárez was very long, and they attended to me only three or four days later, when it was something serious, something like that. So, it got infected and became gangrenous. From there came the amputation. It's a radical change of life because, well, what am I going to do? Whom do I sue? The taxi driver, well, he had already passed away. The taxi driver died in the accident? He died in the accident, and your servant was the most affected. From there, the pilgrimage began, trying to incorporate photography. Well, it's not the same. The same people relegate you. Believe me, in that, in this new life, in this new stage, it is here where I have had to see and know what people really are. There are very beautiful, very wonderful people, and there are people whom arrogance, arrogance, and power morally and spiritually corrupt them. Can you give me a coin? No, yes, I have it, but I don't support vagrants. You said a great truth. I am a beggar. If I could earn a living with dignity as a waiter again, I would love it. I would love to return to my work as a waiter. I like it a lot, and I still love it. I like to see people enjoy a meal, a drink, see the family gathering, social events, the mariachi music, the restaurant atmosphere. It's very beautiful, it's wonderful. My 25 years as a waiter, a radical change of life. When you worked as a waiter, were you doing well? Yes. I've always been of the idea that you don't ask for tips, you earn them because when the customer leaves their house or goes to eat outside their house, it's because they want to feel much better than at home, feeling pampered and understood. As long as the customer pays and orders with pleasure, and you see them eat with satisfaction, how nice, how beautiful. At the time of paying the bill, the customer already knows their 15% tip, but you're not going to ask for it. If you treated them well, logically, you should be aware that the customer, when they have change, when they don't have even a penny, you take it from their life. As a waiter now, your purchasing power has decreased a lot, right? Too much, too much. Because when you perceive an average of 1200 to 1300 pesos daily, what was Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were 3 to 4000 pesos. But yes, you earn them. You have to be like a spinning top, attending here, running errands there, taking photos, being attentive to what they ask for, what you do, what you say. And well, with that, with that, it's forbidden to say I'm tired, I can't. Do you have a family that depended on you? Ah, look, who depends on me now is my wife because my children are already grown, they are already married. I'm going to make a comment about who the woman is. Look, who should work to support and maintain her? I. She takes me, she brings me, and she's attentive to me. So, the other would sound unjust and illogical. That I said, well, I'm sick, I can't work. No, no, no, no, no. [Music] That is a very admirable mentality, yours. Many people, honestly, situations can defeat you. And when you worked as a waiter, let's say, what social class do you think you belonged to? Well, I belonged to the middle class. For example, with your new, well, with this you have to ask, what social class do you think you belong to now? Well, I still consider myself in the same one. You, evidently, don't ask out of pleasure, right? I mean, as you yourself say, I would like to go back to work. My dream would be to be a waiter again. What do you say to people who don't understand your situation because, thank God, they haven't lost a limb or had a serious illness that prevents them from continuing to work? That's where I say, thank God you're fine and may it never happen to you because all the ducks come down at 12 to drink water. We all need each other. That's something that should never be forgotten. Yes, life takes many turns. God knows how it will end. What is your name? Hello, I'm Carlos. How long have you been shining shoes? Since I was a kid, or all along? About 20 years, I think. 20 years. I was surprised because I didn't know you could do it with sneakers. I thought you had to have a more formal shoe for it to be possible with all types of materials. Ah, it's a nice trade. Is it a trade inherited from you, or how did you start as a shoe shiner? As punishment. Yes, it was very competitive in elementary school, and my dad punished me by cleaning my shoes, and from there I liked earning money, and it became a trade. For a while, I've had other jobs, but that's the job I've liked the most and that has given me the most personal satisfaction. I was a private driver, I was a bodyguard, I worked as a bricklayer, I was in charge of a lemon packing plant, I worked with an engineer. I've had many trades. Why do you say that shoe shining has given you more satisfaction and you like it more? It gives me time for everything, no? Even to earn a little more extra money that you don't normally earn in a job. You meet people. Right now, you're here all the time. You meet different people, and you learn a little bit of everything every day. You hear about all sorts of topics: politics, economics, history. You talk with many foreigners. Your parents, what did they do? My mom was a nurse for the elderly. My dad was a judicial officer, a tourist guide, a driver. That's it. I didn't know more. You say this job gives you more than other jobs? There are times when you have expenses, and you apply yourself, and you cover them. There are others when, even if you apply yourself, you don't cover them. But it does give you good profits, and it gives you very quick results. Can you sit here so we can continue, or do you want to stay for a bit? Because I'm working, I'll give you extra so you don't leave. I'll buy you credit, time, credit. Yes, I'll buy you some credit so you can continue telling me. Your shoes aren't clean. They're not work shoes. If you notice, the position I sit in damages the footwear a lot and wears it out, but yes, no, no, in itself, my shoes are never clean. It's a real thing. With all your family's expenses, I suppose it must be heavy, right? No, it's never been heavy for me. It's a bit difficult, but no, I don't see it as something difficult, something impossible. It's always something that maybe with attitude, to get a certain amount, either for all the expenses because I also have children, I have two girls who are like my daughters, so yes, it's something you strive for every day, right? I set a goal to come to work every day. For example, if I have to pay my rent in three days, I collect it. A lot of determination to get what you want, right? Exactly. You put a lot of determination into everything. Unfortunately, there are many complaints that they extorted people, and because of that, those of us who come to work are affected. Exactly, exactly. But they are people who are no longer around here, but the stigma remains, right? That they are all the same. But I tell you, we go out and give it our all. Hey, a question, maybe more personal, you'll tell me if you want to answer or not, but I heard you say you have two girls, but that they are from your partner? Yes, I have five children. So, there are seven children. Wow, no way! You're powerful. Do you pay for the expenses of those seven children? The mothers of both help me with their respective expenses. Of course, but you contribute a little in that sense with them? Of course, of course, with both people, with both, and with my children and with the girls, yes, of course. What madness, that's a lot of children. Well, in itself, no, you won't have more, no? No more, but well, no, no, no, no, no, no, it's not something that isn't possible. Many men, like, suddenly, if they meet a woman with children, they run away. Yes, it occurred to me that because I had many children, I could have a relationship with someone like that. It's difficult for someone to suddenly assume a responsibility that, to a certain extent, isn't theirs. When you love that person, when you believe in that person, it's not difficult. With the day-to-day, you do things you didn't do before. For example, I have to strive a little more to cover other expenses, but when you want something, you can. And for example, right now, with this shoe-shining life and with your wife's jobs, well, your wife's jobs, how do you think you are in terms of social class, or what social class do you think you belong to? Well, I don't know what social class. I know very little about the topic. I think we have a life, we try to have a more or less comfortable life. We have some deficiencies, but I think for the indispensable expenses, we have them. We pay rent, food, clothes, and all services like internet, electricity, water, so that they can go to school, uniforms, all that. We don't live in a residential area, but in a good area, yes, we do. You remember what your childhood was like? How was your lifestyle? Did you have deficiencies, or were you more or less okay? Yes, yes, we had many deficiencies. Dysfunctional, but my parents always did their best. So, yes, it was a hard childhood. I think I didn't really have a childhood. I have more fun now than before. I had to work since I was a kid. Playing with my brothers, yes, it was hard. They lacked money for everything. I think for everything, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, it was a very, very difficult situation. But here we are. Did your father encourage you to study, or did he immediately tell you, "No, go to work"? No, my father didn't. My mother did. My mother always supported us. With my father, well, we didn't have that, that like support from a father to a son, no. Nor did he encourage you, "Go for it," no, no, no. He was more like, "Here's the money, and that's it, figure it out." My mother, all the time, worked since I remember. My mother always worked, and she always supported us in everything, without excuses, without doubt. She always gave us the best she could. She was always there for us, always standing firm with us. She's a warm personality, I think, to this day. Is your mother very strict? In what way? She's loud, she scolds, she has a very, very strong character. No way! I imagined her as the most tender and all with her grandchildren, with her children. No, my mother was very strict. But you're grateful for that strictness, right? To both of them, because in a way, from all their deficiencies, I learned things that he didn't do, that I do. And my mother, because of all the attitude she took with us to do what we did, and what we continue to do today as children. Maybe the fact that your father wasn't very present makes you not lack disposition for other children, right? You know what it's like not to have a present father. Is it along those lines? Exactly, no, no, no. And not only in that, but in telling a child, "Hey, you can do it," "I love you." My father didn't, he wasn't affectionate, he didn't hug you and say "I love you." So, all my children, I try to show them with actions, not just words, the love I feel for them. And it's true that if you don't have a father, it's not perfect, but also in terms of character. What dream do you have for your daughters? What would you like them to achieve? No, no, no, no, I don't have dreams, I have realities. And the only thing I can offer them is values, a career in the future. And I don't dream, I think, I think I go out to make a reality, not, no, I'm not looking for a dream, I'm looking for a reality, both for myself and for my children, and no, I don't give up. What is your name? My name is Alma Jiménez. Alma. Alma. Can I speak to you informally? Yes. What do you do? I work in a pharmacy. I attend a pharmacy. You look very beautiful today. Thank you, thank you. Are you going to see someone, or do you have a date? I was going to see someone, but they didn't come. Why didn't they come? Who knows. They just let me know they couldn't make it. They let me know from my house. Ah, but I had already gotten ready, and I came to change my shoes here. Is he a romantic prospect? Yes, yes, I had gone out with him before. Yes, I had gone out with him. Is it something somewhat formal? No, not yet, not yet. Just starting. No, honestly, yes. And how long have you been working at the pharmacy? I've been here for almost a year. Almost a year. Ah. Before, what did you do? I dedicated myself to the home, to the house. Yes, were you married? I was married. You just got divorced recently? Yes, a year ago. I already separated. For example, how have you found a way to go out with people now? Through apps. Through apps. Through apps? Yes. What did you use? Tinder. Yes, Tinder, and a Facebook application called "Parejas." Well, yes, there are many, but I don't really like it. No, no. Did you find a good one? Yes, a lot. And how was that transition from dedicating yourself to the home to starting to work? I had already worked before, but I left due to health problems, and obviously, when I separated, I should have received some money for myself, and I had to go back to work. But I love it. I love working in the pharmacy. Yes, did your husband, your ex-husband, give you a good life? No, very limiting, very restricted in the monetary aspect. I always put it exactly. What did he tell you? For this, not for this. Yes, all the time. Today, we have to... no, I don't have money, I don't have money, I don't have money. Were you doing well, or more or less? Well, he didn't even tell me. Did you know how much he earned? Where did he tell me how much he earned? Based on the lifestyle, like, for the house and everything, you had an idea of what social class you belonged to? Well, I feel like we are in a low social class. Ah, no, not middle. Well, we are fine. We have the essentials, the roof, food, clothes, but maybe not many luxuries. No luxuries, no, definitely not luxuries. And even less with the husband who kept you on a tight budget. Yes, even less with him. You didn't have children with him? One. And she's 17 years old now. She's at the Politécnico. Hey, and is your ex-husband still supporting you with the expenses? Because there are many expenses for a kid, right? She's studying. Does he support you, or do you cover it with whatever each person has? Each person has their own. He has responded as a good father. Ah, well, yes. As a husband, but a good father, exactly, exactly. Did you study a career, or did you also study at the Politécnico with a technical career, but you didn't really like it? It's like a career for men. What was it? Tool machine technician. Yes, it sounds very much like men. Yes, it's very much for men. So, no, I didn't like it. I never liked it. For example, what would be your dream now? Would you like to continue working at the pharmacy? Would you like to start a business, or how do you see yourself, maybe in a few years? Yes, I would like to continue there. Ah, yes, I would like to open my own pharmacy. Ah, yes, I am working on opening my own pharmacy. With the pharmacy salary, is it complicated for you to subsist, or are you okay? No, I'm fine. Besides, I know how to manage myself. I've always known how to manage myself. Or maybe the husband who kept you on a tight budget helped you learn to manage with little? Yes, I think so, because they give you what they say they earn, and they give you that, and no more. So, you have to learn to manage in all aspects. Hey, and your parents, what did they do? Well, my father passed away when I was 13 years old, and my mother raised my brother and me. She was a seamstress. It was very, very hard, very hard work. Did you support her, or how was your childhood? What do you remember about your childhood? How did you grow up? When we were with my father, everything was fine. But when he passed away and my mother started taking care of us, and she had to go out to work, that's when I became responsible for the house. So, she would give me the money, and I had to manage it to cook, wash clothes, do the housework, and I also studied. You became an adult very early? Yes, yes, at 13 years old. How complicated! Because, like, when you're thirteen, you feel grown up, but when you look back, you say, "I was a child." Yes, now that I see it, and I saw it with my son, I saw him at 13 years old, still a child. And I said, "Oh, but at that age, I already had to wash clothes, or if I had to go somewhere far, like here to the center, because I live in Iztapalapa, I had to go alone because we had the need." But you don't know when you're growing up. You don't know if you lack something or not. It's like you have what you have, and if you remember it now, how would you describe your lifestyle? I mean, the question is, what class do you think you belonged to when you were a child? Low class. Yes, honestly, yes. And my mother often got sick, so she had to stop working. She got nervous colitis. Well, imagine, how wouldn't she get gastritis? So, she often got very ill. Her stomach couldn't handle it, and so she had to stop working for two or three days. Many times, because of that, she lost her job, but the following week, my mother would go back to look for work again. What is the dream you have for your son? How would you like him to live? What would you like him to achieve? Oh, no, I would like him to start a business, to finish a career and be able to practice it exactly as the career, to be able to travel. I tell him, "Learn English, it will open many, many doors for you." Hey, is there anything you want to add to the people watching us? That no matter what happens in your life, and I learned it, there are always good things. Always. We have to leave our comfort zone and face new things, and they can be good depending on how we take them. I feel happy and fulfilled right now. And I feel that I can do more, and I even feel younger than before. You look very beautiful, and you look very young. Yes, because sometimes, when you're married, you kind of fade away if the husband isn't so... if he doesn't treat you well, you fade away. Yes, exactly. You get stuck in your routine, in your routine, but now you learn to value yourself and love yourself as you are. What is your name? My name is Luis Silva Arista. Luis. What do you do? I do many things. Let's see, tell me. I work with marble. It's an inheritance from my father, but due to age, there isn't much work for me anymore. How old are you? I just turned 85. Don't tell me. You look very young. Thank you very much. But 85? Yes, I turned 85 on May 31st. What does it feel like to turn 85? It's a pleasure for the life that God gives me. That's the beautiful thing, knowing how to live, to endure it, from everything to everything. Working with marble, I started training for a girlfriend I had many years ago. Wrestling. Yes, you even got in the ring and everything. Ah, yes, quite a bit. I wrestled with El Santo, with Huracán Ramírez, the villains. I still have memories on my phone. And how is it to earn a living as a wrestler? Because I think it's complicated. They don't pay you well. I was in professional wrestling for 42 years. You, how long have you not worked anymore? Quite a long time. I already forgot the date. Hey, and for example, now that you no longer work, do you have your family? The mother of my children had five children. No, I had five. Okay. Your mother had five children. That's life, isn't it? We don't have life insurance because she got sick with a kidney, and she was operated on for that, and she died from it. How do you support yourself? Since I live off my savings, my children's savings, the savings that my daughters send me from the United States. They give me some help every month, and what the government gives me, the life insurance I had in wrestling. They canceled us. They discharged many of us. And what social class do you consider yourself? I feel happy. I say that poverty, poverty is the most killing oneself, and one feels rich when one has life, right? Exactly. Not everything is money, right? That's true. Hey, and your parents, what did they do? Marble. And your mother? When I was born, we were four siblings. My father always hugged my other three siblings, and me, I don't know why he didn't want me. He pushed me aside and kicked me and hit me on the head. Go away, you brat. So, my mother tells me, "Hey," she says, "and if I die, endure it. Whether you get an inheritance or not, and if you get an inheritance, receive it. If you don't get it, you continue to love and cherish them, and never get angry about the inheritance." Several plots of land that my father had, my mother and my father, they kept secrets, I think, until the grave. They don't tell us now, "My wife deceived me," and we spill the beans. And they kept the secret. After many years, when I put on the mask of Lucifer Negro, a disciple went to fight in Cuernavaca, and from Cuernavaca, they came to Mexico. But from there, they brought a family, and they gave him... The gentleman says, "I also have a son. I will always watch my son's fights." My son says, "He put on a mask, the name of Lucifer." "Would his father want that?" Yes. And he never spoke to you? I mean, he just watched you. He never spoke to me to say, "Hey, well, hey." And your father? No. My mother told me that if they gave me an inheritance, they had received it, and if they didn't give me an inheritance, I should endure it. Like my father went to Querétaro, he stayed for a month, two months working there, and left my mother alone. So, where I was born, now I feel alone because my three siblings who stayed with the inheritance, now their children live there. They don't want to give me anything, and it was a good inheritance, or was it your daughters that you gave careers and everything? They didn't want to study. Infancy. [Music] Wow, what envy. How much do you need to live per month with the welfare pension? Is it enough? Yes, I try to save. I'm here with the saint. Ah, yes, that's true. And... but you didn't tell me how much you needed per month to be comfortable and happy. Well, they send me 4000 or 3000 pesos. Ah, plus the pension. That's about seven or eight. Yes, I just need a girlfriend. The girlfriend, for example, they say, "Oh, too old to find love." Ah, no, if I find someone and she pays attention to me, I'll pay attention to her too. It's interesting to hear people's stories, to hear, perhaps, about the beliefs of why they are the way they are. I think we always have the opportunity to meet very interesting people. I feel very grateful for that because, honestly, talking with so many people kind of changes the way you perceive things. And specifically talking about opportunities, you realize everything is inherited or learned, right? If you talk to a kid and they tell you, "Well, it's because I have this, and when I get out, I'm going to invest in that," it's because their parents instilled that idea in them. And at the end of the day, the fact that not all of us have the same resources creates a gap between what we achieve and what we don't. Because, as the gentleman commented, "Why am I going to give a handout to a kept man?" Well, thank God, you've never lacked anything. But in reality, we never know when we might lack it. The fact that you say, "Well, it's because I went to school well," but there are people for whom going to school is a three-hour trip, and three hours back, and a school that's just so-so because it's in a trailer. They are rural schools. From there, you won't have the same opportunities because you're not learning the same thing that your parents can tell you, "Hey, I'll help you start this business, son, so you can give it your all." It won't be the same as someone who says, "Well, I started selling gum." So, the impulse of each person is very different, and I think that understanding it helps us a lot to have empathy and to look for solutions because this is just showing it, you know? This is just showing a reality, but there are still many things we need to do as a society to improve it. What is the truth? I don't know, because I'm not a sociologist, and well, you'll tell me in the comments what you think. 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