根据联合国统计，大约三分之一的地球已经生活在慢性贫困中。农民指出，贫穷，繁荣的第一世界国家对疾病，文盲和资源消费的传播将受到越来越多的影响 - 除非他们根据自己的资源使用，并将教育和医疗保健带给穷人。在演讲中，农民喜欢谈论“人类国家”，而不是发展或未开发的国家。他希望每个人都看到这一切的相互联系，而WLS的责任不仅仅是捐款。三
(Roughly one-third of the planet already lived in chronic poverty, according to United Nations statistics. Farmer pointed out that through the spread of disease, illiteracy, and consumption of resources by the poor, prosperous first-world countries would increasingly be affected-unless they scaled back on their own use of resources and brought education and health care to the poor. In his speeches, Farmer liked to talk about "the nation of humanity," as opposed to developed or undeveloped nations. He wanted everyone to see the interconnectedness of it all, and that the responsibility of the WLs was more than just giving money. Three)
根据联合国统计数据，大约三分之一的世界生活在慢性贫困中，这引起了人们对富裕国家对贫困对资源和健康的影响的关注。 Farmer强调，由于疾病和资源枯竭，第一世界各国可能面临越来越多的挑战，敦促他们减少其消费，并增强人口贫困人口的教育和医疗保健。他的信息很清楚：发达国家的繁荣与发展中的福祉交织在一起。
在倡导他的倡导中，农民谈到了“人类国家”，促进了这样一个观念，即无论其国家的经济状况如何，所有人都是全球社区的一部分。他辩称，富人应该承认他们的共同责任，以支持不太幸运的人，这超出了金融捐款。这种相互联系需要集体努力来解决全球贫困和疾病的根源。