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The vast majority of poor people are poor due to their own actions. Low impulse control.

"I opted to be fun in high school, now I get up at 4am in the morning" is fun meme that cuts at the heart of it. Instant vs. delayed gratification and its consequences.

Source: I grew up in social housing, served in the army. Plenty of poor people around.

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Have we tried putting them on Ozempic and amphetamines? They'll get impulse control then.

The GP comment (that just got banned) claiming the only two choices are "work hard" and "UBI" is a working-class class marker. Higher paying middle class jobs are universally easier than working-class ones. But they're more specialized, less predictable, and require you to have trained for them and have appropriate class markers and social skills.

Come on, you are blaming them, like it's a choice to be poor. Just have more impulse control... Probably they need medical help for some condition? But no, it's their own fault..

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