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>it really just comes down to one thing: When this phrase prefaces an explantion for something as complex as poverty and its effects, what follows is virtually
by unclebucknasty 11y ago
>it really just comes down to one thing:
When this phrase prefaces an explantion for something as complex as poverty and its effects, what follows is virtually guaranteed to be a short-sighted oversimplification. And, so it was.
What's actually dangerous is the tendency of some to make dismissive moral judgments about those who find themselves in unfortunate life circumstances.
To ignore the cyclical, systemic, and even endemic nature of poverty and suggest that it can all be overcome if the impoverished would only decide to value education is ridiculous on its face.
- angdis 11y agoRight on. And this is why attempts to eliminate poverty fail. Poverty itself is not "one thing" nor is there any one cause for it, nor is there any one solution.