The Great Divide: The extremely rich and the extremely poor are much more similar than you’d guess

And why this is important during times of covid 19

• Photo found across Facebook. Taken in Lima, Peru.

Today I woke up to The Guardian’s news about the mass hunger exodus flooding the highways that connect Lima, capital of Peru, to the countryside. The police tried to block the highway and fired tear gas to stop the masses from fleeing amid lockdown.

The government implemented major transportation restrictions to prevent the virus from spreading, leading people to see no option but to walk to their hometowns.

The travelers said they had to choose between hunger and homelessness in the city (since there isn’t an operating economy) or risking exposure to Covid-19 on the way to their homes.

More than 70% of Peruvians are unregulated workers, according to the country’s statistics institute. This makes it hard for government welfare to reach them.

The comments (on several Peruvian news articles), however, weren’t compassionate but very judgmental. They criticized the travelers based on their…