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Re:Is Inequality Inevitable? by fzeroracer on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @09:27PM (#21469845)
As opposed to painting people in poverty with a broad brush, saying that they either destroy value or don't generate life-sustaining value?

Considering I grew up in abject poverty, I'm sorry but I'm not going to let remarks like that fly. That doesn't deserve a pass.

Re:Is Inequality Inevitable? by wang_li on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @10:44PM (#21470215)
A) It is objectively true that there is a cohort of poor people who produce nothing of economic value and who consume a disproportionate share of government services through vandalism, sanitation problems, assistance, and etc.

B) The inability to produce enough to sustain yourself is the basis for defining poverty.

Re:Is Inequality Inevitable? by jki275 on Thursday November 07, 2019 @03:28PM (#21476946)
Most of them don't.

And I grew up in poverty too. My first real paid job paid three dollars an hour for farmwork -- in the 90s, and I thought I was living like a king.