Re:Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common
by randallsquared on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @12:12AM
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It's not a nuanced statement, but it certainly isn't asinine. It's just the minimum positive effect you can have on the future -- the lowest bar, if you will.
You could, with similar effect, make the same statements about bacteria in response to "People should live" or "People should thrive".
Re:Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common
by WalterSear on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @03:00PM
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In the context more than 75% of black children, and more than half of hispanic children being born out of wedlock, and comparable statistics for all poverty stricken population groups, calling it "the minimum positive effect you can have on the future" is a really an asinine statement. It's not a positive effect.
https://cis.org/Camarota/Births-Unmarried-Mothers-Nativity-a...
Re:Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common
by randallsquared on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @07:27PM
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If you could tell someone with a single parent that they, for that reason, cannot have a positive effect on the future, then I don't think there is any basis for agreement between us on the topic.
We aren't bacteria. We don't have to behave like bacteria, irregardless of one's relationship to authoritarianism or social conformity.
And we should not forgive, let alone celebrate, people who do behave like bacteria.