Meaning:
"what´s the price of ignorance and stupidity? many can´t afford to do anything, others can, but are too poor at the same time."
When I read posts saying that they gave $100 pesos to a girl in the streets, or others like needing 2000 dollars for rent, or that they eat out everyday or need 500 dollars per week, etc, I think in stupidity. It´s very noble to do charity and take action, but the intention of writing it here, is just to save face to justify a luxurios life in a country that it´s hard to have a decent life. There has always been extremes, poor and rich, but money is not good enough to measure anything.
as for quality, the only argentine brand that has consistently lasted the distance for me has been kosiuku jeans. i wear jeans i bought over 3 years ago and they still have a long way to run. i have about 5 pairs of kosiuku trousers and they're all pretty decent quality. other argentine big brands haven't lasted more than 19 months. kosiuku is obviously top-line argentine clothing but it's still 50% cheaper than the brand it's clearly modelled on (-Diesel-). having said that, in december 2003 i bought the most expensive jeans in the shop at 76 pesos. last time i was back in BA in June, the most expensive jeans were 210. hmmm...