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> One convenient fiction that many wealthy people (in the US) tell themselves, is that poor people are "lazy"; and that's why they're poor. If they aren't phys
by bagxrvxpepzn 2mo ago
> One convenient fiction that many wealthy people (in the US) tell themselves, is that poor people are "lazy"; and that's why they're poor.
If they aren't physically lazy, they're unambitious or refuse to attempt nominally mentally difficult things (like math) and that is mental laziness. Poverty isn't random.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2mo ago> Poverty isn't random. Now you're just trolling. Be nice.
- bagxrvxpepzn 2mo agoMaking neutral statements in concordance with reality is the nicest thing you can do for a reader.