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If you wanted to stop this sort of stuff you would have to have a system that didnt intentionally target the poor. Shit look at how the War on Drugs broke many families over low levels of possession for Marijuana. We cant intentionally make life harder for the poor, then expect the next generations to improve their lives. We have to decrease the wealth gap, and improve education if we want to see societal change. Other wise it will continue to be a perpetual cycle in the race to the bottom.
My grandparents grew up without electricity, running water, were illiterate, and only partially fluent in English. Needless to say, they were poor. Still didn't raise their kids like that.
My grandpa didn't see himself as an entitled victim. He worked very hard and his kids had a better life than he did.
Poverty isn't the problem. It's values and outlook on life.
I am against the war on drugs though.
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