• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Maybe it was just the talk about deserving that confused me. If you can afford the tea and smoothies I don’t see why someone would have a problem with it or think you don’t deserve them. If you are struggling financially then of course the suggestion is to cut back where you can. What those things are, I dunno. If you don’t need to cut back on tea and smoothies then of course you don’t have to

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      9 months ago

      Are you not in an overtly capitalist country where people think that if you’re poor, it’s your fault?

      Because, unfortunately, I am.

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        9 months ago

        I think it depends. If someone just stays on welfare without seeking jobs or something (by their choice) then I think people will think they’re poor by choice. But I don’t think I’ve met people who thought poor working people were poor by choice.

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          9 months ago

          I’ve met a few people like that. The logic is that poor working people just aren’t applying themselves enough, and are staying in their low paying job by choice/lack of motivation to skill-up and hustle for a better paying job.

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              Well that may possibly be why you haven’t encountered something extremely commonly believed by around 150 million Americans.

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                9 months ago

                I haven’t met any Americans irl either tbh

                E: No, incorrect, I’ve met one but we talked about Geocaching only lol