But poor people do in great numbers in many countries. For example there are many obese Americans on food stamps.
Thanks to social services, the number of Americans who are in extreme poverty is approximately zero. When I compare to history, I far prefer this state of affairs to what used to be the norm.
or 4.19 million, if you wanted to spend 2 minutes and look up [the source](https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/poverty-explorer?tab=li...) actually listed in the main article
I wish I could make myself have such confidence in any government entity as much as you seem to have in US social services
All of their own fault. I recently saw a youtube compilation of tiktok clips of Americans on food stamps making videos flaunting their overfull supermarket shopping carts and it was all name brand junk food made up of refined carbs, fats and sugars, and to no ones surprise, they were all obese. No vegetables, no fruits, no leafy greens, no legumes, but all junk food which costs more than the healthy stuff. Who's fault is that? At what point is personal accountability supposed to kick in?
If you can afford a roof over your head, a car, and entire shopping carts full of name brand junk food(which is more expensive than healthy food) to make yourself obese, you are anything but poor, you are just stupid and glutenous.
Edit: I see the downvotes, but notice nobody is saying that I am wrong? ;) So then we agree that I'm right.
Which part was "incendiary"?
>you’re saying like the simplest thing
The truth is often simple, people are just too scared to confront it. So they call it "incendiary".
>Is it, perhaps, the cheapest way to get something tasty?
Healthy food is also tasty and cheaper than highly processed junk food. But it's easier to blame externalities than take accountability.
>Maybe there are underlying social problems, and that’s more interesting to discuss than “poor people are stupid and gluttonous.”
Why aren't poor people in poorer countries fat despite suffering even bigger social issue like war, slavery, rapes and famine?
>Why aren't poor people in poorer countries fat despite suffering even bigger social issue like war, slavery, rapes and famine?
Famine
People on food stamps have a lot of free time.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/most-working-age-snap-particip...
>Over half of individuals who were participating in SNAP in a typical month in mid-2012 were working in that month.
Let’s be generous and say that the other half have a lot of free time (they don’t, many are searching for a job while taking care of a family), and that the tiktok you saw only showed that other half. The parts of my comment you didn’t respond to may still be the explanation, rather than the sheer gluttony of the poor or something.
Do you think a banana is 10 dollars too? Grains and bread are cheaper. Rotisserie chickens sold as loss leaders are a cheap source of meat. But fruits and vegetables?
Those are more expensive per calorie than junk food. Especially when you take into account spoilage
> Edit: I see the downvotes, but notice nobody is saying that I am wrong? ;) So then we agree that I'm right.
No we do not agree. You’re incorrect and vindictive about it