Rich people do have trouble understanding what it's like to be poor

Re:Rich people do have trouble understanding what it's like ... by gruez on Saturday May 22, 2021 @02:39PM (#27249146)

That seems like the right characterization to me? Definition from wiktionary:

>3. (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.

Earlier in the thread there was definitely a tone of negative judgement. ie. "people show up all the time with a litany of complaints and a litany of awful, awful budget mistakes they have no interest in fixing"

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Re:Rich people do have trouble understanding what it's like ... by baq on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:09PM (#27249408)

Negative judgment is exactly what is off mark. Real humans make mistakes. No whys or buts or excepts. They just do and they shouldn't be blamed for what is essentially being human. IOW people can't be reasonably expected to make rational, self-interested choices.

(It's actually amazing this is almost a Nobel-prize worthy observation in economics. This is psychology 101.)

If you ask why or what kinds of mistakes they make, now that is where the books go deep. Suffice to say those mistakes are not unpredictable and people can be nudged to make a better (dare I say correct) choice.

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Re:Rich people do have trouble understanding what it's like ... by gruez on Saturday May 22, 2021 @07:38PM (#27251207)

>Negative judgment is exactly what is off mark.

Right, but I'm not the person giving the negative judgement. I specifically recognize the possibility of "excusing" them (ie. not negatively judging them) in some cases, and ask whether they should be excused in some cases or all cases. After this long conversation it appears you believe in the latter. Is this correct?

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