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Originally Posted by Truth-Bringer";p="
Are they ever going to accept responsibility for living in a hurricane zone? Are they ever going to accept responsibility for not leaving and instead foolishly waiting for big daddy government to come save them?
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Perhaps... if some mercy would be shown when they use a large portion of their resources to move to another part of the country in hopes of finding jobs.
One thing people fail to see when they sit upon perches and look down upon the "lowly" is that change in life itself requires use of resources... which probably explains why we see so many of the "solutions" involve making the capital necessary for upward mobility even more difficult for the underclass to grasp ahold of.
Let's take a fictitious scenario: Gee... I'm born in a cesspool town in a hurricane zone where the education system sucks, crime is rampant, and jobs are scarce and low-paying. In addition, all the family I know is here. I have no connections in another state. So, let's see... What are my options?
The problem with those who make it their personal philosophy to despise the poor is that they expect high risk behaviors out of people who have very little to risk. You want people to save... but you want them to take risks... and to be looked down upon as dumb and pathetic if the risks fail, deserving of no aid to get back on their feet. My guess is that people with such a poor-despising mentality don't have to worry about risks or have somehow managed to have every risk turn out for the best in life. Good for them... but at the same time, they are missing a crucial piece of reality. Sometimes people do need help. Sometimes they do wind up at death's door due to bad luck or a poor start. Sometimes people learn their lessons but aren't in a position to put those lessons to use.
The ideology of poor-hate is nothing but a rationalization to the problem of "Why do bad things happen to good people?" where the rationalization is that they do not.