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Re:Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture by ekianjo on Sunday March 18, 2018 @09:56AM (#16611922)
> they don't want to accidentally fund something that benefits the poor.

Welfare policies have been shown at multiple times to actually harm the poor in the long run, not benefit them. There are entire books written on that topic. Check out Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 from Charles Murray.

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Re:Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture by KozmoNau7 on Sunday March 18, 2018 @10:47AM (#16612164)
Because poor people have it so much worse in the Nordic countries compared to the US, right?

There are also entire books written about Bigfoot and the flat Earth theory.

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Re:Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture by ekianjo on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @01:25AM (#16626236)
If you put Charles Murray in the same category as flat earth fools then I dont know what your references are.
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Re:Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture by KozmoNau7 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:00AM (#16626701)
The problem is not welfare, the problem is US-style hobbled and deliberately bad welfare systems.
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Re:Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture by kiliantics on Sunday March 18, 2018 @10:45AM (#16612149)
Fuck Charles Murray
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Re:Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture by ekianjo on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @01:24AM (#16626228)
because he actually looked aT data?
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Re:Repair cafés waging war on throwaway culture by KozmoNau7 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:01AM (#16626704)
Lies, damn lies and statistics.
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