Ten years ago I took a trip to Brazil and a guy took me on a tour of the slums, the “favellas” of Sao Paulo.
The favellas were miles upon miles of shanty towns and lowly concrete homes built on the sides of hills. Infested with gangs, drugs, prostitution and violence.
Every single person we met in the favellas had a color TV. Even the people who made $60 per month and had no job. Even the poorest of the poor watch TV.
Which is interesting because TV obviously shows people things they want. But what is not so obvious is that it teaches them nothing-
– absolutely nothing –
about how to get it. Which leads me to my observation: