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Extreme Rich/Poor Divides

James David Morgan wrote this post at 11:07 am on October 2nd, 2007.

Deputy Dog has posted a series of photographs of the difference in living conditions between rich and poor in various countries around the world. These are some of the more shocking images I have seen of the wealth divide, and they’re jarring even to the most class-conscious among us, as the comments below his post suggest.

paraisópolis favela, morumbi, sao paulo