Re:Why poor people make poor decisions
by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @12:20PM
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> > Poverty is not a lack of character – it’s a lack of cash.
> No. Poverty is a lack of education and, more importantly, mentorship.
No, poverty is a lack of material wealth.
A lack of education (of which mentorship is a component) may contribute to the durability of poverty, but it is far from the only factor which does so; active class discrimination in distribution of opportunity by the non-poor, both personally and through institutional, including public, policy, is also a factor.
> No. Poverty is a lack of education and, more importantly, mentorship.
No, poverty is a lack of material wealth.
A lack of education (of which mentorship is a component) may contribute to the durability of poverty, but it is far from the only factor which does so; active class discrimination in distribution of opportunity by the non-poor, both personally and through institutional, including public, policy, is also a factor.