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Re:Language and Poverty by graemep on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @08:10AM (#38458886)
That refers to voluntarily chosen poverty.

There is a huge difference between that and poverty that is no deliberately chosen.

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Re:Language and Poverty by 2devnull on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @08:56AM (#38459343)
I think “chosen poverty” is a fraught notion. Cultural poverty perhaps, but poverty is, according to most useful definitions, an undesirable state.
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