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Your parents were lucky. They are probably also hard working and intelligent but unless they were lucky they could not have escaped from the poverty you descri
by JupiterMoon 11y ago
Your parents were lucky. They are probably also hard working and intelligent but unless they were lucky they could not have escaped from the poverty you describe (unless you're missing some details like having helpful rich friends or family etc). It's too easy for something to go wrong e.g. an illness or injury, a car accident, a broken appliance or two and your knocked back down again and if you have no money and no income you can't recover.
- aianus 11y agoThey didn't even have a car or appliance to break... My parents were poor because they were born in a shitty country with a shitty economic system and there wasn't anything they could do except leave. That's bad luck. If you're born healthy in the US you start with opportunity and have to actively fuck it up.
- JupiterMoon 11y ago> My parents were poor because they were born in a shitty country with a shitty economic system and there wasn't anything they could do except leave. That's bad luck. Ahh so $4000 had rather more purchasing power than in the US then. I wondered about a salary that low.