Thought For the Day: The Off-Ramp Out of Extreme Poverty Is, Ugh, Commerce, It’s Entrepreneurial Capitalism

“I ended up as an activist in a very different place from where I started. I thought that if we just redistributed resources, then we could solve every problem. I now know that’s not true. There’s a funny moment when you realize that as an activist: The off-ramp out of extreme poverty is, ugh, commerce, it’s entrepreneurial capitalism.” – U2’s Bono

U2 Singer Bono Says He Now Realizes Capitalism Helps Poor People, Not Socialist ‘Redistribution of Resources’ (Video) (rightnewsnow.org)

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