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This is the sort of rhetoric that harms poor people. Being poor can cause states of mind, but is not a state of mind in itself — it is clearly and simply an eco
by dwb 3y ago
This is the sort of rhetoric that harms poor people. Being poor can cause states of mind, but is not a state of mind in itself — it is clearly and simply an economic position. The article is not talking about people thinking of themselves as simply poor and therefore unhappy or unhealthy, but a much more complex relationship.
- fellowmartian 3y agoOn individual scale you’re right, but on the collective level I think both you and GP are right, it’s a feedback loop. Places become poor for different reasons: shifting economic realities, fall of the previous civilization (eg USSR, which is my experience), etc. Places remain poor when people feel trapped inside vs consciously deciding to call the place home.
- dwb 3y agoI sort of acknowledged that when I said it was a complex relationship. I'm sure there are feedback loops set up where experiencing poverty makes you more likely to stay poor, and so on. But to say poverty is simply a state of mind seems drastically and dangerously wrong to me.