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What did you find interesting about the article? I didn't get much from it, except to the extent that I could imagine the lives of actual people in extreme pov
by wombatmobile 6y ago
What did you find interesting about the article?
I didn't get much from it, except to the extent that I could imagine the lives of actual people in extreme poverty, which is not very much.
It did get me thinking though. Not about extreme poverty, but about just getting by.
If I was working multiple minimum wage jobs to feed my family and put a roof over their head, and had to put up with appalling behaviour from my bosses, and appalling conditions that did not consider my state of being, I might not be counted as being in extreme poverty.
And if I avoided any health crises that would terminate my employment for the rest of my life, I might die without having ever been counted as being in extreme poverty.
But what would be the difference between my life and the life of people who had more control over their circumstances, and experienced more respect in their workplace from their bosses and peers?
How would I know?
How would anyone know?
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoIt’s a hard question, but in practice I’m not sure there’s a tradeoff. A hundred years ago, the least fortunate would have been working 12 hour shifts locked into in a sweatshop that doesn’t care if they burn to death, or putting in backbreaking labor to keep their farm barely above water before losing it all in the Dust Bowl.