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The big advantage is that family (and community) usually cares about you, whereas bureaucrats care most about following rules. Because of this, family can usual
by nickff 10y ago
The big advantage is that family (and community) usually cares about you, whereas bureaucrats care most about following rules. Because of this, family can usually do more than just give you a few cheques.
- Retra 10y agoWhat, condolences and sympathy? That's not better than a few checks.
- pessimizer 10y agoWork, generally. It's a network of people that will vouch for you (with little or no evidence of your worth), or simply employ you.
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- Retra 10y agoOh, it's that easy? I can just ask my poverty-stricken family to bootstrap me out of my poorness because they'll hire me to do the jobs they don't have? I'm the highest-paid person in my family. You think I can go to my boss and say "Hire my brother, he's been a gas-station attendant for 6 years. Probably he's a great programmer." It's easy to not be poor when you come from a family with wealth and hiring power. If you are poor, it's probably because you don't have either. You'd think that would be obvious.
- mikeash 10y agoWhat about all the people whose families don't care about them?