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this post was submitted on 09 May 2026
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People can do amazing things when they have no other option but to endure. That said, I can't imagine having to feed three kids on top of my already high expenses.
Spoiler, they don't. I grew up in the kind of poverty that has us digging food out of the garbage if we wanted dinner. My parents didn't take me to the doctor when I dislocated my knee, or when a schoolmate knocked me out with a text book. The school provided a couple of uniforms, and weekend clothes were all secondhand. Toys were few and far between, we mostly just played ball in the street with the other kids in my neighborhood. School supplies were borrowed from other kids or the teacher. We didn't do extracurriculars except church, no field trips, no birthday parties. Special needs were called "being lazy" and I just got my ass beat a lot, so, I didn't discover the brain tumor until I was an adult.
More or less, yeah. The church also took advantage of us, telling my mentally ill stepfather that being poor was a good thing actually, and it was good for his kids to go without so we could learn to rely on god like the sparrows of the field, or some shit. My parents never missed a tithe, but they sure made us skip meals so god didn't get angry at us.
A benevolent Christian God would surely be much happier with his priest accumulating wealth over feeding some starving children, right?
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Fun fact: because usury was sinful for Chrisians, but it wasn't forbidden for Jews, many Jews were pushed into the money business with usury by not allowing them to do much other jobs and then had to pay high rents and taxes. It's where the stereotype of greedy money controlling Jew comes from.
And still is in Islam right?
Yeah, but often getting by is not only about high salary but also low expenses.