There’s this forgotten story of the gypsies that were killed in the holocaust, some numbers indicate up to 2 million people who died.

The gypsies fled Northern India in the 6th century during one of the many religious war times and migrated across Europe and Middle East. This was years before India was called India by the British - it was many different territories ruled by various emperors and rulers.

But all throughout time, the Gypsies (also known as the Romas) faced continuous challenges such as enslavement, hunted and killed as part of rich man's games, the millions who died in the holocaust because Hitler considered the Romanis as inferior race, and even after WW2, there was forced sterilization as part of a broader set of eugenic policies by Sweden, some Eastern European countries. The Romas in Britain are considered outcast till today. About 80% gypsies have died over the years and only ~200,000 gypsies left in the world.

The issue of impoverished societies and the challenges they face, particularly in transitioning from self-sustainability to modern environments, is a complex one. Flashback to history, when people were self-sustaining with their farms and stocks, and the bearable price of goods. Now, in pseudo-suburban settings, self-reliance is hindered, with further piles on to increasing societal discrimination.

This is a global problem which increased rapidly towards the shift of industrialization in the past century which led to the inability to self sustain leading to higher crime rates.

Circular economies and community-based entrepreneurship could offer valuable paths toward addressing these challenges. I think this fosters self-sufficiency and empowerment - something that will help them be independent and grow - and would be a better long term solution.

Problem is, instead of solving the root of the issues, the struggles of society often become a ping pong match between political parties where one cries bloody murder and one offers sympathy and forces society to pick sides. Why solve society problems when it can continually be used as a political weapon by governments. Happens everywhere in the world