A new poll finds most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.
Well, yeah, they’ve been indoctrinated for decades to think Money = Merit by those who want them to think that Rich People are only Wealthy because they’re superior to the rest (which is a hilariously false idea given that almost the Wealthy come from Wealthy or at least Upper Middle Class families - they were born at or past the finish line in the race for success, not all the way back like the rest), and the other side of that exact same coin is the idea that it’s the fault of the Poor for being poor.
Forget decades. Try millennia. Historically people didn’t even think being wealthy came from working hard and good decisions… but that God willed it that you be rich.
Well yeah, for ages, literally the richest dude, be he king, emperor or great Khan or what the hell ever was “blessed by heaven and god and had the divine right”.
Well, yeah, they’ve been indoctrinated for decades to think Money = Merit by those who want them to think that Rich People are only Wealthy because they’re superior to the rest (which is a hilariously false idea given that almost the Wealthy come from Wealthy or at least Upper Middle Class families - they were born at or past the finish line in the race for success, not all the way back like the rest), and the other side of that exact same coin is the idea that it’s the fault of the Poor for being poor.
Forget decades. Try millennia. Historically people didn’t even think being wealthy came from working hard and good decisions… but that God willed it that you be rich.
Well yeah, for ages, literally the richest dude, be he king, emperor or great Khan or what the hell ever was “blessed by heaven and god and had the divine right”.