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The issue with this sort of gatekeeping definition is: why stop there? There are a billion people living on less than a dollar a day, now they're the "really po
by samatman 3y ago
The issue with this sort of gatekeeping definition is: why stop there? There are a billion people living on less than a dollar a day, now they're the "really poor people", you were just lower-middle class.
The concept of the poverty line is somewhat artificial but it avoids this sort of pointless digression.
- Turing_Machine 3y agoIt is not a "pointless digression" at all, but rather speaks directly to the claims at hand. If being "poor" in the United States (meaning, say, having to buy Walmart clothes instead of designer stuff) leads to "lifelong trauma", imagine how traumatic it must be to live in one of those countries where the income is less than a dollar a day.