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Re:Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change (1929) [v... by randallsquared on Saturday October 02, 2021 @08:42PM (#28733532)
Everyone is so relatively wealthy compared to even 20 years ago that it's hard to imagine what they lack that you could give them, but you view this massive increase in wealth as being itself the problem? ;)
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Re:Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change (1929) [v... by BurningFrog on Saturday October 02, 2021 @09:44PM (#28733845)
Yor social circle may not include all walks of life :)
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Re:Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change (1929) [v... by bojangleslover on Sunday October 03, 2021 @01:25AM (#28734739)
Absolutely right, in aggregate we have never been this prosperous. Inequality is a good thing because it shows people take risks. "poverty" is no longer about not meeting your basic needs, it's about seeing your neighbor drive a Tesla.
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Re:Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change (1929) [v... by bryanrasmussen on Sunday October 03, 2021 @02:39AM (#28735015)
unless you live in 'deep poverty' https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/faq/what-deep-poverty
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Re:Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change (1929) [v... by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday October 02, 2021 @09:28PM (#28733760)
s/Everyone is/A lot of people are/

would make this read as less entitled and more purely descriptivist.

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