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I was thinking about the generational effects on the cases on which someone has been raised on poverty and it has been successfully overcome and the positive va
by kh_hk 5y ago
I was thinking about the generational effects on the cases on which someone has been raised on poverty and it has been successfully overcome and the positive values and life lessons it carries over, compared to other childhood experiences that carry over negatively (abuse).
My father grew up on relative poverty (post war Spain), and the value of things is something it's always present with him and how he educated me unconsciously. Fixing broken things, scavenging parts, the value of food, time and work. Seeking comfort and security, instead of luxury. Or put it differently, the luxury is having a car that works and is nice (and second hand), not a luxury car per se. Luxury is having bread every day with your food. Luxury is being able to fix your own toilet or watering your plants.
I am forever grateful for these, and kind of sorry I cannot fully comprehend what and how he did it. I earn well over the average wage, and still I buy my computers second hand.
- oblio 5y agoIt's a small cost to pay for real freedom. With this kind of mindset generally the only major expense that's a hurdle is your home. If you can somehow buy that efficiently (hard these days), you're set for a prosperous and safe life, with almost no drawbacks.