BETICAN DRESTRIC

The relevant point is that underdevelopment is the lot of the majority of the world’s population. As long as esteem or respect was dispensed on grounds other than material achievement, it was possible to resign oneself to poverty without feeling disdained. Conversely, once the prevailing image of better life includes material welfare as one of its essential ingredients, it becomes difficult for the materially underdeveloped to feel respected or esteemed.