▲ 1240 ▼ POVERTY IS A FEATURE NOT A BUG (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 years ago by Grayox@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 364 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago (3 children) Also historical and/or generational poverty. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) I'd file that under trauma. If there was no trauma caused by extreme poverty like; parent was a sexworker; watching a parent lose it all; emotional neglect; physical neglect; history of incarceration; generational drug abuse, it would be more unlikely they would succumb to homelessness. That said, you are right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Generational poverty is also historically about racism. Now, that's changing but it's changing more because it's just getting harder to get out of poverty than it is because there's less racism... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I do not disagree. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) I'd file that under trauma. If there was no trauma caused by extreme poverty like; parent was a sexworker; watching a parent lose it all; emotional neglect; physical neglect; history of incarceration; generational drug abuse, it would be more unlikely they would succumb to homelessness. That said, you are right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Generational poverty is also historically about racism. Now, that's changing but it's changing more because it's just getting harder to get out of poverty than it is because there's less racism... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I do not disagree. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Generational poverty is also historically about racism. Now, that's changing but it's changing more because it's just getting harder to get out of poverty than it is because there's less racism... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I do not disagree. permalink fedilink source parent