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so...it would take actual generations for people to get out of being utterly broke since in your world, you'd have to save up as a poor person to actually open
by volkk 4y ago
so...it would take actual generations for people to get out of being utterly broke since in your world, you'd have to save up as a poor person to actually open up a business or do anything worthwhile. sounds so fun, sign me up. i want my family to be poor for 250 years until we finally have 2 million that we need to start that farm my great great great grandfather wanted to.
some people on this website literally live on a different planet or don't actually have any understanding of...anything and just say things because it sounds smart
- airstrike 4y agosadly you can remove the "on this website" qualifier from your last sentence and it holds just as well...
- notch898a 4y agoHow easy is it for a real life poor person to just get $2M to start a farm? Almost everyone I've met with family farm inherited the land which was probably traced back to it being claimed in the frontier days.
- skytreader 4y agoIn the agricultural corner of the world I consider my motherland, there are banks that cater specifically for farmers and fishermen. Actually, my first bank ever belong in this category, probably the biggest fish in this pond. It's honestly rather inconvenient if you are not in the agricultural demographic; if you live in the urban areas it's next to impossible finding a convenient branch. I'm not in a position to elaborate how their loans work but they do exist and I'm also pretty sure two million of our not-USD currency is not a prohibitive amount to loan to start a farm. It's a realistic investment people in rural areas can do.
- PLenz 4y agoA lost folks in general (and SV in particular) operate on the principle of "got mine f you". They're comfortable so now we don't need to do anything to make anyone else so. It's a symptom of the greater issue of a lack of empathy.
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