Quote by Christopher Hitchens

MT was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction.

MT was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty

Summary

This quote criticizes Mother Teresa, arguing that she was not truly a friend to the poor but rather embraced poverty as a virtue. It suggests that she viewed suffering as a divine gift and failed to support the empowerment and emancipation of women, which it contends is the essential solution to poverty. In essence, the quote questions her approach by asserting that she stood in opposition to methods that could potentially address poverty more effectively.

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Life Poverty Women Gifts

By Christopher Hitchens

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