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Apparently complaining about living in poverty is victim culture. Apparently complaining about working two full-time minimum wage jobs while barely being able t

Apparently complaining about living in poverty is victim culture. Apparently complaining about working two full-time minimum wage jobs while barely being able to pay the bills is victim culture. Apparently complaining about not being able to afford a quality education for your children (so that they do not have to live in the same poverty) is victim culture. Apparently complaining about not being able to afford healthcare is victim culture. Sure, people doing startups or creating other businesses work hard, but that shouldn't be the norm. Working 40 hours a week as an employee should be enough. And by the way we're not even complaining about the people creating businesses, we're complaining about the people who inherit their wealth, get everything handed on a silver platter, and who still aren't grateful and don't want to pay their employees more than minimum wage. We shouldn't accept that kind of wealth in our society when there are people living in (extreme) poverty.

rebootthesystem 10y ago
How dare you? My grandparents arrived at these shores without a dime to their names, without command of the language, from a GENOCIDE where they endured the trauma of having seen members of their families raped and murdered. They woked their asses off and made it. And they instilled that culture on their children and grand children. So, yes, fucking stop thinking like a victim. It's insulting. Yes's there are those who absolutely need help. Stop complaining and go help them. Don't blame others.
- davesque 10y ago
  Solidangle probably didn't know anything about your personal background. So you have no right to accuse him of being insensitive. Also, it's good that you were able to turn a bad situation into something good. However, the mere fact that you, individually, managed to succeed doesn't mean there's not a problem that's worth talking about. Your personal story is relevant, but anecdotal.

rebootthesystem 10y ago

How dare you? My grandparents arrived at these shores without a dime to their names, without command of the language, from a GENOCIDE where they endured the trauma of having seen members of their families raped and murdered. They woked their asses off and made it. And they instilled that culture on their children and grand children. So, yes, fucking stop thinking like a victim. It's insulting. Yes's there are those who absolutely need help. Stop complaining and go help them. Don't blame others.

davesque 10y ago
Solidangle probably didn't know anything about your personal background. So you have no right to accuse him of being insensitive. Also, it's good that you were able to turn a bad situation into something good. However, the mere fact that you, individually, managed to succeed doesn't mean there's not a problem that's worth talking about. Your personal story is relevant, but anecdotal.