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What makes you think their children are any better off? The tech industry is engineering these kind of labor conditions for their own profit. Try blaming them
by alphonsegaston 9y ago
What makes you think their children are any better off?
The tech industry is engineering these kind of labor conditions for their own profit. Try blaming them instead of the families of poor people.
- brandonmenc 9y agoI don't think anyone should have to live like this, and I'm not blaming anyone for being poor. But I don't believe that purchasing, repairing, and fueling an RV so you can live paycheck to paycheck is easier or more affordable than sleeping on your (yes, possibly also poor) child's couch. I get that there are people who are truly alone and have no other option - but the people with adult children seem to be indulging a stubborn desire to live independently, when what they should be doing is pooling resources. I'm not saying it's right that there are people so poor that they have to live in multi-generational homes just to survive, but I also won't be shocked into sympathy for people trying to live like this when it's not their best available option. I've seen plenty of older people refuse to move in with family when its time to, it always ends in disaster, and it's infuriating. It wouldn't surprise me if a significant portion of these poor boomer nomads didn't actually have to live like this.