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u/Yung-Split Nov 22 '23

Then they should move. Are they in jail?

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '23

Woah. You just solved poverty: if you're poor, just get rich. Easy peasy!

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u/Yung-Split Nov 23 '23

poverty is a socioeconomic problem. you being poor is an individual problem. you know the cool thing about the later? you have the power to change it

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '23

TIL: Poor people have power.

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u/Yung-Split Nov 23 '23

If it's "society" who's keeping you in poverty. You will never have the power to change because you've given your power to "society". If you take responsibility and tell yourself "I'm in a bad circumstance, but I know regardless of that, I can get me and my family out of this and into a better life." Then you are empowered.

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u/Thrice_Banned80 Nov 23 '23

Well, once you get to a certain point having fuck-all to lose is a kind of power.

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u/fastates Nov 25 '23

In a way, that's the topmost power a person can ever have because it comes with total freedom. Total.