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You might not be able to persuade US poor people to do it (after all, why work when you can watch TV and eat chips) I'm not saying that, you are, and it's pret

You might not be able to persuade US poor people to do it (after all, why work when you can watch TV and eat chips) I'm not saying that, you are, and it's pretty insulting the attitude you're taking. I'm saying that I've actually worked on said projects, with varying levels of success. I'm suggesting you work on starting similar projects in the U.S., because it would provide a necessary perspective which you seem to lack. I give up I'm suggesting that government statistics only tell part of the story. I'm assuming you've never been poor in the U.S., so I think it would be useful for you to understand things from that perspective. You seem uninterested, however.

yummyfajitas 16y ago
I lived just above the poverty line in graduate school, and I've spent half my entire adult live living in either low income neighborhoods or neighborhoods with many low income residents [1]. As for mutual aid, perhaps you can explain to us why Peruvian peasants seem to figure it out all by themselves, but poor Americans can't. Is it because the American poor, sitting on their couch with no job, have it so much harder than the uneducated Peruvians waking up at 5AM for the 1000ft climb to reach the potato/coca/corn fields they work on? [1] Harlem no longer qualifies as low income, but plenty of the people there have low/no income.
- michaelchisari 16y ago
  I lived just above the poverty line in graduate school, and I've spent half my entire adult live living in either low income neighborhoods or neighborhoods with many low income residents That's not really the same for many reasons. why Peruvian peasants seem to figure it out all by themselves, but poor Americans can't That's partially true, but understanding the complexities of why that is is what I'm trying to suggest you discover for yourself. I can guarantee you that the situation is not reducible to such a simplistic charge of laziness.

yummyfajitas 16y ago

I lived just above the poverty line in graduate school, and I've spent half my entire adult live living in either low income neighborhoods or neighborhoods with many low income residents [1]. As for mutual aid, perhaps you can explain to us why Peruvian peasants seem to figure it out all by themselves, but poor Americans can't. Is it because the American poor, sitting on their couch with no job, have it so much harder than the uneducated Peruvians waking up at 5AM for the 1000ft climb to reach the potato/coca/corn fields they work on? [1] Harlem no longer qualifies as low income, but plenty of the people there have low/no income.

michaelchisari 16y ago
I lived just above the poverty line in graduate school, and I've spent half my entire adult live living in either low income neighborhoods or neighborhoods with many low income residents That's not really the same for many reasons. why Peruvian peasants seem to figure it out all by themselves, but poor Americans can't That's partially true, but understanding the complexities of why that is is what I'm trying to suggest you discover for yourself. I can guarantee you that the situation is not reducible to such a simplistic charge of laziness.