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Later in life through hard work and a lot of luck - Never trust a “self-made” man or women who dismisses luck I ran in higher circles. Elite even. Seen both sides. This fan fiction about the virtuous rich is eye rolling at best.
What is the answer to poverty? I don’t know. I do know it’s getting worse in the U.S. When I go home I see the empty eyes of strong men. A lack of hope.
What do I mean by luck? When you’re poor, one accident could make a family homeless. There’s no real safety net. Cancer, a bad work accident....The lack of bad luck is as much an accident as catching a big break.
In many ways that’s why I was drawn to John Rawls’ political philosophy. A just society is one that eliminates or mitigates the role “bad luck” plays in our lives. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-bad-luck/ …
Growing up poor takes people in different directions. This is one of the most powerful essays on growing up poor.https://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/03/being-poor/ …
Speaking of growing up poor...When I saw that video of a wrestler with deads getting his hair cut, the racial angle....I saw a prick referee. White kids had to cut their hair, too. These are the indignities poor kids of all races face. The lack of power.
Tomorrow I will continue with Part 2, which focuses on solutions and a new path forward.
Remind me who the President is again? I forgot. Sounds like you think he’s doing a crappy job.
That sucks. In a more welfare oriented country though (taking the UK as an example where I grew up), the rich/poor divide at school isn't quite *as* visible because of school uniforms (but kids still notice who get free lunches). And the medical bill wouldn't have been a thing.
A lot or most Americans don't realize our caste system in Europe.
The American ideal is the idea of upward mobility without a caste system...the castes are more fluid. You're right, Europe has its classes, its castes and you rarely move up
Poverty. If you ain’t experienced growing up with your heating the house with the oven, cooking a meal that will last all week, & remembering that time your mother asked the angel tree for warm pajamas. (bc your dad lost his job)
The destruction of the working class (formally known as the middle class)started when globalism shipped that work overseas.Hence the lack of hope and desperation in those eyes.
Is it getting worse in the US? As an Australian, I’m shocked to hear this. It doesn’t appear to be the case here. I mean, the poverty is still there - especially remote communities - but it seems both less common and less severe.
We must destroy the Enemy Class - here's how: http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/polin/polin170.pdf …
And it’s worse when it’s poverty of the soul.....lack of faith.
Step one: Understand how the lack social capital and cultural capital creates poverty. That will allow us to differentiate between poverty and being broke.
Skidmore, Missouri got that way.
You can’t eliminate poverty. It’s a Physics question. For everything to work you need equal and opposites.
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