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> That is an absurd barrier. It may be absurd for someone who has always lived in a location with access to the education, job opportunities and other services
by jscholes 8y ago
> That is an absurd barrier.
It may be absurd for someone who has always lived in a location with access to the education, job opportunities and other services which allow them to live the life they want. It's not quite that absurd for the millions of people who have migrated to other countries rather than stagnating in a place they didn't choose to be born in. It's not that absurd to those who live in countries so vast that moving to another city may involve the sorts of distances that people from smaller countries can't cover without crossing a border. And it's not at all absurd for disabled people who do this because their country doesn't allow for independence.
Nevertheless, my original comment was more addressing people who move to another city/state, or away from a rural area, to gain access to services which otherwise would remain unavailable to them. That happens all the time.
- threatofrain 8y agoNext you're going to say that people should be making themselves unpoor? Because you can't be unblind but you can be unpoor (I mean, you could even move your family to another country and learn a new language), should we now be asking why people choose to "remain poor"? Money is the most severe access issue in the world, which is why Facebook and friends are dominating. That's why they want to subsidize everything, because even $5 is a barrier which will stop people across the world.