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It is called opportunity. Poor people in America are not forced to remain poor. They can (and do) improve their lot in life, and take advantage of being not p
by Fjolsvith 7y ago
It is called opportunity. Poor people in America are not forced to remain poor. They can (and do) improve their lot in life, and take advantage of being not poor like the other not poor people.
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- unreal37 7y agoI am not going to downvote you, but that's just not always correct. Plenty of people have come from nothing to become billionaires. (Oprah!) But plenty of people are trapped in a situation and can't just remove themselves from those traps. Not everyone can learn Python and make $65 per hour by next week. Let's have empathy for people who really want to do better but can't, and see if we as a society can help them.
- stallmanite 7y agoI think it’s an ugly undercurrent lately where everybody has to be super exceptional/motivated/passionate/etc or they’re worthless and deserve to be discarded by society. Every member of an animal population can’t be exceptional. Are we just doing eugenics rube-goldberg style?