Re:How poverty changes your mindset
by Jedd on Sunday February 25, 2018 @09:29PM
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> As per the link it basically says the same crap everyone says, the "Helping the homeless is hopeless" narrative.
Is that really how you interpreted TFA?
I read it entirely opposite to that interpretation. It explained why helping those suffering scarcity is necessary and why society needs to revisit attitudes and mechanisms to do so.
Re:How poverty changes your mindset
by kraig911 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @09:56PM
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I read the article and yes indeed got the opposite impression. That's what poverty does though.. makes you see the glass half empty perhaps as per the article implies.
Is that really how you interpreted TFA?
I read it entirely opposite to that interpretation. It explained why helping those suffering scarcity is necessary and why society needs to revisit attitudes and mechanisms to do so.