On: On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Wh...

[drekipus]

I agree with this totally, it's like "poverty programming" because we need poor people to remain poor.

"How can I feel good about helping poor people if the answer is in themselves, and there's no more poor people? It's best if they are oppressed by some system, in which I can counterbalance by the few dollars I give them on my way home from work"

[jddj → drekipus]

Many industries would greatly benefit from poor people becoming less poor.

Poor people really don't consume that much.

Political power is another matter.

[drekipus → jddj]

All poor people do is consume. They're the easiest to market to.