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Your comments are rooted in assumptions and an incorrect view of the low-income world, which makes a reasonable discussion impossible without preparing a whole

Your comments are rooted in assumptions and an incorrect view of the low-income world, which makes a reasonable discussion impossible without preparing a whole lecture; and I don't have that patience for just a random internet commenter. All I ask is you stop presuming you know how to fix this when you're so deeply, deeply unaware of what the problem even is.

Grustaf 5y ago
As constructive as this is, perhaps you could elaborate on what the problem is that keeps millions of people in a situation where they earn _exactly_ as much as they need to survive, year in and year out? Of course I can not expect a private lecture from you, being a mere random commenter, but perhaps you could point me to some of your existing lectures or writings that explain why I am so wrong? According to your profile, you are a software developer in Switzerland that likes to figure skate. Maybe it's my prejudice, but it doesn't sound like you would have much personal experience of third world poverty either.
- scrollaway 5y ago
  > As constructive as this is, perhaps you could elaborate on what the problem is that keeps millions of people in a situation where they earn _exactly_ as much as they need to survive, year in and year out? This isn't the claim, and one reason it's difficult to have a conversation around this with you right now. I'm not in Switzerland but I do like to figure skate. I'm also very well off nowadays. I was raised by divorced parents, spending some years in the middle-class world, and quite a few more in Greek poverty (ranging from mild to severe, and at one point back in France, inches from the street). I managed to get to where I am today thanks to safety nets and various EU benefits (as well as some amazing blind luck). I'm under no illusion that I'm both greatly priviledged and extremely lucky. But I do have some relevant experience, yes.
  - Grustaf 5y ago
    What is the claim then? Why is it inconceivable that most of these people would be able to save up a few weeks worth of wages?

Grustaf 5y ago

As constructive as this is, perhaps you could elaborate on what the problem is that keeps millions of people in a situation where they earn _exactly_ as much as they need to survive, year in and year out? Of course I can not expect a private lecture from you, being a mere random commenter, but perhaps you could point me to some of your existing lectures or writings that explain why I am so wrong? According to your profile, you are a software developer in Switzerland that likes to figure skate. Maybe it's my prejudice, but it doesn't sound like you would have much personal experience of third world poverty either.

scrollaway 5y ago
> As constructive as this is, perhaps you could elaborate on what the problem is that keeps millions of people in a situation where they earn _exactly_ as much as they need to survive, year in and year out? This isn't the claim, and one reason it's difficult to have a conversation around this with you right now. I'm not in Switzerland but I do like to figure skate. I'm also very well off nowadays. I was raised by divorced parents, spending some years in the middle-class world, and quite a few more in Greek poverty (ranging from mild to severe, and at one point back in France, inches from the street). I managed to get to where I am today thanks to safety nets and various EU benefits (as well as some amazing blind luck). I'm under no illusion that I'm both greatly priviledged and extremely lucky. But I do have some relevant experience, yes.
- Grustaf 5y ago
  What is the claim then? Why is it inconceivable that most of these people would be able to save up a few weeks worth of wages?