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Originally Posted by samuel
Oh. I see. The middle class is to blame for anybody being poor.
I might as well give every other paycheck to my high school drop-out buddy with a baby.
That would be fair.
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How did you get that out of what I said? I said the
upper class enforces poverty by convincing the middle class that anyone who is poor is poor because they're not working hard enough, which is false.
Case in point: "high school drop-out with a baby" does not
always mean "rightfully poor," but the upper class would like the middle class to believe that is
always the case. (And in no way did I imply that it applies to
everyone who is poor. Some people are just lazy.)
Also, I'm not saying that anyone who is in the upper class or middle class is intentionally perpetuating this. It's ingrained in our way of thinking.
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
the american dream is that NO ONE is ever finished. redemption and second chances abound.
even a high school dropout can, THROUGH HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION, become a master of industry, or a leading politician, or a famous star, or whatever pinnacle of their chosen profession.
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That is the idea, but the problem is that it's not true for a lot of the population.