It is not what you think.
I do not visit or plan to visit Los Angeles anytime soon. I am talking about Latin America. It is my first time back since the death of Little John and things are worse here than they were back then. There are a lot more people collecting cardboard for a living than before. There is also a lot less cardboard to collect.
In the U.S. there are companies that install compactors for businesses and they do not charge anything for the machine. They only get the money that they make selling the paper waste on an industrial level. But here, I see people that gather it and ask businesses to save their boxes on an agreement of one sort or another. These collectors are just trying to make a little money to survive. You can tell by their clothes and the carts or bags they use to collect it. My heart goes out to them but many are too proud to accept charity.
Robberies are up as well and for that reason, I rented a car so as to have a barrier between me and the would be thieves. Driving here is another story all together. That is not the topic of this post.
The good robber
The other day I met Joel, a young man who is trying to build his own house, likely made of bricks covered with Adobe. He plans to get married when he has it done. I met him working a job in a place where tourists go. Things were slow and I spoke to him for a while. He did not know me from Adam, but he brought up the topic of trading and wants to learn how to do that with crypto currencies. I recommended a site for practicing trading and said I would help him exchange his money for a tradable asset. The day we set to meet, again at his work, he was not able to talk because his boss put him in a spot where he needed to attend customers constantly. That same day, he was on his motorcycle on the way home and he stopped at a red light and someone ran into the street and pointed a gun at him. He had brought his money to exchange and he also had his computer with him in hopes that I would make a few trades for him, being easier to see the charts and such on something bigger than a smart phone.
I asked if the thief had taken his motorcycle. He answered that he had lost his computer and nearly a half a million pesos - equal to several hundred dollars. He added, "He was good to me." I guess that is all you can hope for if you are robbed. A good robber.
I have not experience anyone threatening my life here, but I have seen people walking down the streets of the city stark naked. When I mentioned it to locals, they said that the person had been robbed and had everything, including their clothes, taken. What other choice would they have since they cannot board a bus or take a taxi.
It is difficult to see so many in need. If only Hive could be a place to go for them and allow them to have a little extra cash on top of their meager paydays or, cardboard sales revenue! like a cherry on top of the regular grind.
I change out some extra dollars for local currency when here in order to sit people down for a meal when they ask for some coins. This time I will be leaving my laptop here for Joel. I had messaged some of the people who I support letting them know where to find the boy. If he ends of with an account here, I hope there will be no blacklisting of him while he learns the ins and outs of Hive.
Poverty does not stop growing. Nothing, not even hive is a solution, only palliatives.
Only a more rational administration that does not spend what it does not have or helps those who have more to have more can put a stop to so much madness.
You will be better, although there are no magic solutions.
We have good people likewise we have people who steal from others without a human feeling. I was scammed few weeks ago and I could tell how terrible it is to be in such situation. Hive is a good place to be and I hope many join the platform in the future.
@done I understand what you are saying and it is very sad that it is not only the lack of money, there is a decadence in the way of thinking and doing things, in recent years the system has indoctrinated people to expect help or support. a right, I think that what you are doing just as you did with "Little John" allows us to create a better society, just one person who helps us changes the life of a family, of a generation. Let's not get tired of doing good and even more so when we have tools like HIVE that with work and dedication people can improve their condition. Greetings from the neighboring country!
Hi, It's good to know about you, and even more so, to know that that essence of helping others is still alive. Many hearts have grown cold in recent times and people no longer think about helping others, much less in those conditions that you explain here... but it is precisely those people who should be helped and guided the most.
On the other hand, the last few months I have wanted to learn trading, but I really don't understand the graphics hahaha... no matter how hard I try, I have watched videos on YouTube but I don't understand and I have tried to do it at random, and it hasn't worked for me. went not very well. I hope to understand it one day to do it correctly.
In order to trade, you have to think in a different way. It is the same to understand crypto currency or Hive. You need the right person to explain it to you.
Hello from Cuba. Reading this from you makes me extremely proud to have your regular support here. It is very nice to have accounts like this one distributed on the blockchain so that more people focus their eyes on these sad social dynamics that are being experienced out there. It would be very positive that my own students in Cuba could assimilate what you discuss here before arguing about our crisis, which exists but with very different characteristics.
best regards from the island.
I enjoy your updates on Latin America very much. I have not read them all but I know you put the effort into them. Very informative.
Hello dear friend @done good afternoon
What a shame what happened with Joel, and how lucky he was to have known him, you have been very kind to him in supporting him as you have done.
Latin America is very bad in many aspects, for example, here in Argentina, although we have elected a new president a few days ago, and he will only be in office on December 10, and there are many hopes for change but we must be patient. Inflation is very high, the cost of services is high, food is unpurchasable, there is no work, and those who work earn a salary that decreases day by day due to the level of inflation. Insecurity has grown enormously, robberies are the order of the day, drug trafficking and human trafficking have grown. The current government is super corrupt and has facilitated drug trafficking in the country.
As I mentioned before, we have faith in this new president who will take office at the end of the year, but it will take a long time to fix things in my country.
My only income is what I have in Hive, and we live thanks to daily compensation, without a doubt Hive is a good option for people who live in a country like ours
I take this opportunity to wish you a great day.
I am glad that your posts are helping you to survive. I am hearing the stories of how hard it is to get jobs. I hope your new president will do as he promised. I would like to see digital currencies take off too.
Good to see you posting again. I saw your read.cash and thought you were leaving Hive. I thank you for all your support in the past. You have done (no pun intended) so much to bring investors to Hive. I asked about you at the conference but nobody saw you there. Not anyone that I talked to at least.
I saw you with @extranio I think. I kept my distance.
Hope.....it makes thing work nicely. ....let's "Hope"
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