Neuer Umweltminister: Qualifikation? Egal
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Neuer Umweltminister: Qualifikation? Egal
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Artemis
in reply to Artemis • • •Poverty is ugly, and rich people will go out of their way to hide it, rather than fix it.
Don't buy the "oh, there are no poor people here." Not true. They're just hidden away...out of sight, out of mind.
Artemis
in reply to Artemis • • •I come from the small-town version of this. People would like you to think that it's all these perfect families living comfortably, but there IS a trailer-park.
It's very small, but it's there.
Meanwhile, signs of poverty, like say... peeling paint you can't afford to fix on your house...are punished and fined. Ask me how I, one of a family of 8, whose main breadwinner was underemployed for years, know that.
Artemis
in reply to Artemis • • •And not to be a dick, but it's interesting that when I was having a conversation with someone insisting a city has no poverty at all, they disappeared the moment I introduced census data.
Don't believe those suburbanites when they tell you there is no poverty in their community. They just don't want you to see it. If you accept that, you're accepting their propaganda, their poverty-erasing fantasy.
Artemis
in reply to Artemis • • •You may think you're criticizing the rich when you say "that's a wealthy, suburban community. They don't have any poverty," but what you're really doing is joining in their denial and allowing them to enjoy their fantasy. You're erasing the people they erase.
The idea is that the underclass should not be seen or noticed. But they are there. Someone is working the jobs that pay poverty-wages, right? It's not fucking trust-fund kids working 3rd shift at the gas station.
TreeVor
in reply to Artemis • • •Artemis
Unknown parent • • •"There are no homeless people (that we are willing to recognize) here. We are hoping that if we stay in denial, the problem will go away. Please don't interrupt our fantasy with your facts and reality."
Moss Wizard
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