Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by gopher_space on Friday November 14, 2025 @02:07PM
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Immigrants show up in America having been knocked down by life here zero times and then compare themselves to people who've been knocked down generationally.
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Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by BobaFloutist on Friday November 14, 2025 @02:46PM
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I don't know how to tell you that some people have war in their country.
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by igor47 on Friday November 14, 2025 @02:42PM
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Is "by life here" doing the heavy lifting in your comment? Because obviously immigrants haven't been knocked down by life here.
I agree that folks have a pretty tough life generationally in America's rust belt. I disagree that this is unique or uniquely bad compared to many other places in the world. Although there is something pretty unique about the way American culture processes or encodes the hardship. Individualism can really make things worse...