White suburbanites: WhY dOn'T tHeM pOoRs JuSt PuLl ThEsSeLvEs Up By ThE bOoTsTrApS?

@tofugolem
That won't stop the growing of potatoes. You can do that atop the ground.

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@tofugolem
So you object to work arounds, hm? That would be the point.

@ClaraListensprechen4 @tofugolem The point and you are not even on the same plane of existence.

@ClaraListensprechen4 @tofugolem Dude, this was “why don’t they just buy more money” levels of ignorance.

@ClaraListensprechen4
There would be no need for workarounds if people weren't deliberately making rules to make things harder for poor people.

You are arguing in favor of systemic oppression.

@tofugolem
That would be missing the point, actually. Anger solves no problems. Solutions to problems solve problems. Hotheads be damned. Hotheads like Ikngrr, for example who sees dudes everywhere it looks, and then projects his ignorance in accusations against others.

@ClaraListensprechen4 @tofugolem okay, not wanting to escalate here, but it seems to me that you haven't realized you haven't provided a solution at all.
Yet you are arguing as if you have clearly done so.
Apart from the arguments the others have already provided, of course.

@aintasenatorson @tofugolem

Their solution is to just get angry, and you're calling THAT a solution.

@ClaraListensprechen4 @aintasenatorson
You: How DARE those uppity people have a problem with systemic oppression! I'm so superior because I'm not being oppressed! See how superior I am?

@ClaraListensprechen4

@tofugolem

Anger is an energy that can be easily (and most often is) misdirected in destructive ways, but can also be channeled toward constructive change.

@archiveangel @tofugolem
Anger is easily exploited because it paints, in huge letters, SUCKER on the backs of all who are hotheads.

@ClaraListensprechen4
Right. The problem is that people have a problem with it. Good grief.

@tofugolem
Weel, that's no surprise. Hotheads have a problem with everything because they get their jollies from getting hot over even small things, and that's exactly what makes them the biggest suckers for the outrage-du-jour. They won't do a damn thing about any of it but they'll get their rocks off.

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