To be poor is more than lacking money — it is to be excluded from security, dignity, and recognition. Yet poverty feels different across the world: in the U.S., it brings shame; in Vietnam, it may carry quiet pride. This essay explores how cultural expectations, digital comparison, and economic systems shape the emotional and structural experience of poverty — and how global inequality is not only endured but felt.
The Eidoist Global Salary Model reframes migration not as a border issue but as a value distribution failure. While Western economies exploit low-cost labor abroad, they criminalize the very migration this injustice produces. The Form-Based Value (FBV) salary ensures every worker—regardless of nationality—earns enough to live a dignified, structurally integrated life. By aligning wages with real-life needs and adding a Global Equality Bonus, the model offers a path to shared prosperity without forced migration. People can thrive where they are, and move by choice—not necessity. This is not charity; it’s structural justice.
