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I like to tell this to all the billions of people starving on the street around the world. Poverty is not structural. It's the individual's responsibility. Po
by nickthemagicman 9y ago
I like to tell this to all the billions of people starving on the street around the world.
Poverty is not structural. It's the individual's responsibility.
Poor people just need some change from within to elevate themselves out the favelas of Rio, the Dharavi in India, the west side of Chicago.
The cancer they get from drinking polluted water, the failure of their body after being exposed to the elements, their family member getting murdered, dismembered, and hung from a bridge by cartels....could have been prevented if they had only just elevated themselves.
Poverty is the individuals fault. </s>
- matt_wulfeck 9y agoWho's saying it's their fault? The only thing I'm saying is that both descent into poverty and ascension from it can be due to personal action. Why do we have to choose 100% one cause or the other?
- nickthemagicman 9y agoYour argument highlights a sensational occurrence to disparage an large group of people. It's like saying all Muslims are terrorists, or all people on food stamps are lazy... It's not an overtly lie, but taken statistically... it's definitely a lie....and false and misleading. Poverty is without a doubt structurally caused around the world. There are obscure cases of people who cause themselves to be in poverty but most people do everything in their power not to be in poverty...and are in poverty because they don't have opportunities...