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“Growing up in poverty never did me any harm” insists man psychologically compelled to wish similar financial hardship on others (newsthump.com)

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I do kinda think my kids benefited somewhat from seeing me go to school and get a better job while they were little. We had this arc from dirt poor to ok while the older ones were kids. The problem is that they don't get the same deal. Sure, everyone should feel like hard work pays off, but can't, and it's not because they had resources (or didn't ) growing up. It's because the economy is even more rigged now than it was