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FundMECFS to Bluesky@lemmy.world • 2 months ago

This is how we should be selling redistribution

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This is how we should be selling redistribution

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FundMECFS to Bluesky@lemmy.world • 2 months ago
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https://www.aol.com/wealth-evenly-distributed-across-america-120133820.html

  • @frostysauce@lemmy.world
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    8•2 months ago

    This comment has big “The poor can’t be trusted with money” vibes.

    • MacN'Cheezus
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      2•2 months ago

      The vast majority of them can’t. Those who can be trusted with it generally don’t stay poor for long.

      • @plyth@feddit.org
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        2 months ago

        Check the YT videos of people who said the same and voluntarily tried to escape a life at the bottom. It’s a comforting illusion that one could hustle onself back into ‘normal’ life. I have seen two attempts, and both gave up.

        • MacN'Cheezus
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          2•2 months ago

          Yeah, because N=2 is definitely a statistically significant sample. Especially when it comes to YouTubers.

          • @plyth@feddit.org
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            4•2 months ago

            It’s enough to show that escaping poverty is not trivial.

            • MacN'Cheezus
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              1•2 months ago

              Yes, just like two black people moving in is proof that the neighborhood is going to shit.

              • @plyth@feddit.org
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                1•2 months ago

                I don’t have better proof. For me it was enough because I also read the comments and there don’t seem to be many success stories.

                • MacN'Cheezus
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                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

                  • @plyth@feddit.org
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                    1•2 months ago

                    Could be. What I wanted to say is that the sample size is bigger than two if the community cannot come up with successful bootstrapping stories.

      • @frostysauce@lemmy.world
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        2•2 months ago

        🙄

        • @Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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          1•2 months ago

          🙄

    • @ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
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      1•2 months ago

      We need better financial education. On top of better wages

      It’s not surprising that people who don’t have money never have an opportunity to figure out how to handle money properly.

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