Most people in some of these countries live a haggard existence, they are in extreme poverty. And that is what being poor is like. People today in affluent countries do not understand such a grinding life experience nor can they relate to it in any experience they have had, nor do they want to even think about it, as if they were them. Even the poor in affluent nations are well off in comparison.
Matthew 26:11
For ye have the
poor always with
you, but Me ye have not always.
Slavery exists in degrees. And no, the rich are not free, Only God can make you free through Christ, free of this world and the strife and the cares of the world, only Christ can give you rest who are weary.
Proverbs 19:17KJV
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Luke 16:19-31KJV
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.