Poverty is actually getting worse in this country. (UK)
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@G_S_Bhogal do you think part of the driver is economic inequality, combined with the futility of economic reform? My thinking is that economic inequality produces the desire for change + activism. The difficult nature of the problem redirects this onto social change -
Perhaps. But most of those responsible for dictating the terms of language are among the least affected by economic concerns, while those most affected are least responsible. So I think that economic comfort could actually cause people to crave struggle by imagining boogeymen.
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But expanding the definition doesn't necessarily have to follow from that, right? It seems a logical outcome only in groups where expressions of offence are encouraged / rewarded, as per TheraminTrees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UeJzbx1iu0 …pic.twitter.com/5eeSwagCWe
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Further information on the phenomenon can be found here: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6396/1465 …
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"Prevalence-induced concept change" http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6396/1465 …
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Thank you so much. I was hoping to find a link to a study in here.
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Media also makes soc outliers into hard news (e.g., "Poverty at all-time low, but not for (outlier)" begets "Why Poverty Stats Arent Reliable" begets "Why US Poorer than Ever" begets "Readers demand action on poverty". Push man-bites-dog lede to extreme, get clicks; causal agenda
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It’s the problem that rises from inter connectivity. Media takes one event and make it look as common truth for human emotional intelligence.
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