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[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure, poor people are poor because there's one specific piece of magical knowledge that they were never taught. Nothing to do with structural socioeconomic forces that keep people poor so that their labor can be more cheaply exploited.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do socioeconomic forces have ANYTHING to do with the original topic at hand?

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

What do the root causes of poverty have to do with why people are poor? Damn, I guess we'll never know.