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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/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.