I am extremely passionate about ending global poverty. However, lately I’ve been realizing more and more that my great passion to end poverty, is in direct conflict with many of the principles I hold dear.

When I say “communism” I am NOT referring to the system of government in which the state operates under a one-party system and declares allegiance to Marxism-Leninism. All I am saying is that the only way poverty could ever truly be erased, is if the entire world became a community where every single person shared everything they had with each other.

The problem is, humans are inherently selfish, and the only way to have everyone share everything, would be to force them to. Robbing them of their freedom and liberty. If one person has the freedom to keep what they have, while everyone else is sharing, they are taking something away from the collective, making the collective have less, thus creating the path to poverty.

Please go to http://dylanraines.com/2009/06/communism-the-solution-to-poverty/ to read the rest of this article.

Thank you,

Dylan Raines

www.dylanraines.com