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Band 7+: What are some potential consequences of the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor in many societies?

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With this big gap in society, it makes it weak, and that can affect the rules and laws of any country. The laws and rules are meant to balance the community and provide the same chance for everyone. However, when we look at the advantages that the richest part of society has within these rules, poor people are suffering and gaining nothing. This will lead to bad results in the end. Even rich people can't live in a country where half or more than half are suffering from poverty, illness, and bad situations. They are in the same country, in the same society, in the same zone.

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With this big gap between the society itself, it makes it weak and that can affect the rules and the laws of any country because the laws and the rules are given to balance the community and gave the same chance for everyone but when we look at the advantages that make the richest party in the society has within these rules and poor people are suffering and taking nothing and that it will be a bad result in the end and even rich people can’t live in a certain country that half or more than half are suffering from poor and illness and bad situations among them. They are in the same country, in the same society, in the same zone.

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suffering: 2

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