Poverty

[mirrorshard]

I'm interested in what you think poverty means. Because of who I am (and, frankly, who you are) this is mostly about poverty in the context of rich countries. Warning: may be triggering for some.


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Comments

[the-alchemist.livejournal.com]

I have been poor, by a definition I ticked above.

I wasn't sure what to tick for this one. My 'yes' is due to the fact that when I was a child my parents had to choose between paying the mortgage and feeding me, not because of anything to do with either 'rent' or choices I had to make.

I don't see how you can generalise about whose 'fault' it is when someone is poor - surely that depends on the reasons why they're poor?

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

I don't see how one can generalise, either, which is why I'm not - but I've heard other people doing so, and I'm interested to see if anyone can justify it. It might be worth reading that as "largely contributes to" or "largest factor in".

As I ticked myself, I don't think "fault" is a useful concept, but I know many people do.