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In my country the only acceptable beggar would be a 18 years old who lost his both parents who were in debt, all of them having only the nationality of my country. I saw one guy in this situation... hell of a situation. Every other beggar are just lazy parasites who prefer to live thanks to charity than work.

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There are safety nets in our society, especially in Europe. Put people are no machines. Those, who fall through these nets often have problems that hinder them to get on their feet on their own (drugs, mental illnesses etc.). People have the tendency to ignore overwhelming problems. After some time you arrange with your situation and just live your life.

I won the inheritance lottery, but still find it very hard to be disciplined and stay motivated. I think I would have no chance to get back on my feet, once being homeless, addicted to drugs or something like that.

As I said, in my country you have social plans and associations helping every kind of person, helping them so much that the beggar down the street actually has a better salary than me for being a beggar, that an immigrant with his 4 kids not working wins 4 times my salary and so on. The only kind of person for which there are no plan, to my knowledge, is the one I described before.

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