> But if you put aside those examples, I need to know what they did, and where they are, and what they are capable of doing.
Interestingly enough, the article I linked in my previous comment[0], and another one by the same person[1], have answers to your questions. Also, that particular person managed to get out of poverty eventually, and wrote a follow-up post on that[2].
So that's the guy who was /really/ poor, and struggled for a while. He has some insight on what it is like and why it is so hard to get out. I guess he'd be infuriated by this patronizing "hey, that's easy, why don't you just...", even though he does not write it out loud.
Let's have more compassion to those who are less lucky than us, fellow stranger, shall we?
Interestingly enough, the article I linked in my previous comment[0], and another one by the same person[1], have answers to your questions. Also, that particular person managed to get out of poverty eventually, and wrote a follow-up post on that[2].
So that's the guy who was /really/ poor, and struggled for a while. He has some insight on what it is like and why it is so hard to get out. I guess he'd be infuriated by this patronizing "hey, that's easy, why don't you just...", even though he does not write it out loud.
Let's have more compassion to those who are less lucky than us, fellow stranger, shall we?
[0] https://www.residentcontrarian.com/p/on-the-experience-of-be...
[1] https://www.residentcontrarian.com/p/what-does-shitty-job-me...
[2] https://www.residentcontrarian.com/p/on-being-rich-ish-lesso...