The terror of poverty lies in the poor person’s vulnerability to violence. The poor are anxious about food and how they will feed their children. They dread the weakness and waste of disease. They feel overwhelmed and demoralized by the lack of jobs or education or opportunity. But they feel terror in the face of violence—when someone stronger is coming in rage to hurt them. And to be poor means you are never safe from the terror. You are not safe at the bus station, in the market, on the way to school, at the well, in the fields, in the factory, in the alleyways. Most terribly, you are not
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