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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by dahfizz on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:59PM (#26307584)
I don't see how this is a strawman. My argument is an existence proof. There exists people who cannot be lifted out of poverty by giving them money. I can trivially prove my claim by giving examples of such people[1]. I never claimed that all or most people are like this. But its undeniable that some people are simply irresponsible / lazy.

[1] https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/08/15/5-million-lotto-...

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by thebradbain on Monday March 01, 2021 @08:06PM (#26310677)
"Some people" is not "all people" and certainly not "almost all" people or even "most people".

I'm curious to know your position on those who are homeless -- as if mental illness, systemic neglect, and abuse combined with skyrocketing housing costs such that even otherwise-able people are just a few missed paychecks away from foreclosure) are incidental, and it's really a result of being "lazy".

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by dahfizz on Monday March 01, 2021 @09:08PM (#26311112)
I don't have any personal experiences with homeless people, but my understanding is that the vast majority of the homeless suffer from serious mental illness / addiction. I think that's a categorically different thing than those unwilling to improve themselves (which I do have personal experience with).

Being homeless would rob nearly every opportunity from you. I don't think it would be fair to dismiss those people as lazy, if all the hard work in the world wouldn't do them any good.

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