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Consider the concept of subjective poverty. Does it make sense that poverty is in the eye of the beholder? When you see a homeless person, is your reaction different if he or she is seemingly content versus begging? Why?

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Homeless people make the average person sad, appear to be vulnerable, weak, and helpless. natural instinct pushes us to react with sympathy.

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