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Re:The history of the end of poverty has just begun by avgcorrection on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:18AM (#30083755)
> Poverty comes from lack of opportunity (usually due to centralization of control), perverse incentives (often due to lack of centralization of control), ignorance, delusion, and other kinds of mental problems, not from limited natural resources or from "a small group of people consuming vastly more."

“Mental problems”—did people fail to Think and Grow Rich or something?

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Re:The history of the end of poverty has just begun by kragen on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:39AM (#30083877)
Listen, I don't know if you have anyone in your family with mental problems, but it's very common for them to result in poverty, despite having what would appear to be opportunity, well-aligned incentives, knowledge, and correct beliefs. And I really don't think this is a thing you should be making fun of.
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Re:The history of the end of poverty has just begun by avgcorrection on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:56AM (#30084000)
I was making fun of the apparent idea that some people are poor because they have the wrong attitude. So that was not what you meant. You are still wrong however, and your opinion is harmful in my opnion.

Mental issues may only cause poverty if there is a lack of safety net. Homeless people with Schizophrenia is ultimately caused by policy decisions. Schizophrenic people are more likely to be homeless in certain developed countries compared to others.

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Re:The history of the end of poverty has just begun by kragen on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:05AM (#30084068)
This comment is not up to the standards of this site, or indeed of decent human discourse, and I suggest that you delete it immediately. Specifically, you are lying about what I have said in order to smear me, while contributing no insight of your own, and all of this on a sensitive emotional issue.
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Re:The history of the end of poverty has just begun by avgcorrection on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:09AM (#30084104)
I cleaned it up for you.

> Specifically, you are lying about what I have said in order to smear me

I did not.

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