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POVERTY IS A FEATURE NOT A BUG (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 135 points 1 year ago (46 children)

I don’t think anybody thinks that.

[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Not explicitly, maybe, but implicitly, absolutely, and in multiple ways:

Supporting the system that creates one over the other
Having 'bootstrap' attitudes about the poor
Worrying about property value over utilization
Complaining about the homeless rather than the lack of action on housing
Voting against people who run on public housing

In so, so many ways, people say they prefer the latter over the former. Usually just with the caveat that the homeless people also be invisible.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder who is doing this voting? Oh, it's people who live in the areas we can't afford to live in. And capitalists add lobbying power to those voters selfish interests.

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