NYT has a, uh, different way of framing it
It sucks. Seems like we have a horrible choice. Either 70M people are irredeemable or we can somehow convert some of them.
It sucks. Seems like we have a horrible choice. Either 70M people are irredeemable or we can somehow convert some of them.
It really hurts my soul that so many Americans are just dead set against expanding welfare programs. After the rampant racism, xenophobia, violence, then brutal capitalist exploitation, probably the thing I hate the most about the US is the selfish, lonely individualist mentality where we consider all our life circumstances in terms of deservedness. If you’re rich it’s because you deserve it, if you’re poor it’s because you deserve it, and rather than having a standard of human dignity we just have a big stupid fucking lottery of charity where you can beg for help, and if you’re cute enough or sad enough you might go viral and win enough charity for your kids heart transplant, or grandma might be able to stave off eviction for another month.
It really hurts my soul that so many Americans are just dead set against expanding welfare programs. After the rampant racism, xenophobia, violence, then brutal capitalist exploitation, probably the thing I hate the most about the US is the selfish, lonely individualist mentality where we consider all our life circumstances in terms of deservedness. If you’re rich it’s because you deserve it, if you’re poor it’s because you deserve it, and rather than having a standard of human dignity we just have a big stupid fucking lottery of charity where you can beg for help, and if you’re cute enough or sad enough you might go viral and win enough charity for your kids heart transplant, or grandma might be able to stave off eviction for another month.
The reality is the system has collapsed and wanting to succeed isn’t nearly enough.
It takes some real gall for people who live comfortable lives and presumably want to make even more money to assume that people who struggle need to struggle in order to be motivated.
It really seems to come down to that people in the country don't give a shit about what life is like in the city, and vice versa. I suppose as long as you don't want microbreweries and fancy restaurants in your life, you can still get a nice house for $200k and 3% down with 3% interest rates. Being able to work for a contstruction/landscaping/farming job is all that's really required to have a decent life as long as you aren't super attached to too many material things. But on the flip side everyone who lives in a city is envious of their yards. It's just a matter of priorities.