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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by whimsicalism on Monday March 01, 2021 @03:51PM (#26308222)
So you are only deserving of a life free of poverty (even if you're lazy) if your parents happened to be rich?

Yeah, I disagree. We're talking about on the order of tens of millions of dollars or more being passed from one parent to one child.

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by dahfizz on Monday March 01, 2021 @08:46PM (#26310948)
You're right. We should kick that kid out on the street, sell all his belongings, and write a check to ever american for a fat 10 cents. Problem solved.

> So you are only deserving of a life free of poverty (even if you're lazy) if your parents happened to be rich?

This is such a twisting of my words I am not even sure how to respond. Are you saying the only way out of poverty is to steal everything you want from the rich?

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by criticaljudge on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @03:26PM (#26320159)
Why don't parents who work hard to give their children a good live deserve to do so? It is not their fault if other people have children while they are poor.

Everybody should have a fair chance, but people who worked harder should also be allowed to benefit. Why should anybody be entitled to the fruits of their labor?

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