• _core@sh.itjust.works
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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?