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this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2023
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I’m sorry, but what university degree do you need to be a bloody expert on this?! Like yeah no shit the crisis where the cost of everything has been skyrocketing, is affecting poor people the most.
Aye. I seem to remember that being called the 'Vimes Boots' poverty index. Not just in the Pratchett-verse but for real
Yep. Some of this is America specific but https://www.cracked.com/blog/why-we-cant-stop-hating-poor
I watched all the news articles come out shocked at people society considered 'deserving' now accessing food banks and it was telling