• xor@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    poor is such a weird word… in most cases it just means bad. Poor food quality, poor planning, poor critical thinking skills, etc….
    but when we refer to a person, poor means a lack of money?
    isn’t it just baking in the notion that impoverished people are bad?

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      5 days ago

      Also in America there is an unspoken attitude that being poor is a moral failing because of the narrative that all you need to succeed is “hard work and determination”. If you’re not rich you must be lazy.

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        4 days ago

        i’m going to call this the hegemony of the rich… but what’s the word for when people adopt the values of their oppressors?