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Comment by walrus01

> Persistent poverty is usually a byproduct of poor impulse control.

Go visit a brick factory in Pakistan. The laborers are extremely poor and no amount of "work harder" effort on their individual part (they already work hard as fuck, six days a week) is going to lift them out of that life. Telling them they're poor because they have poor impulse control is one of the most ridiculous things I've read today.

parent walrus01 2 months ago

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