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matrixmann) wrote2022-04-23 06:36 pm
matrixmann) wrote2022-04-23 06:36 pm
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"Threatened by poverty"
Regarding the recently soaring consumer prices for foods that rise nearly every two weeks (like if they'd be measured by the price of oil, humorously spoken), it reminds you of openly raising the question why is it always called "threatened by poverty"?
Is "poverty" the shady scary guy with the club that stands on the sidewalk beside the house entrance? No! People aren't "threatened by poverty", they don't fear for his hit, they are already poor! This is the reality!
"Threatened by poverty" is nothing but another one of those public relations phrases that shall cover up the fact that there are people in the so-called "wealthier countries" of the earth who aren't as rich as their self-produced propaganda machinery wants to make believe. And, regarding the numbers that are repeatedly cited in this context, there even is no talking about "individual cases" and "personal failure". It's a mass phenomenon, always affecting a quota of between 15 and 20 percent of the population. No matter which of the "wealthier countries" you take to take a look at.
And, important to note, it's not even dependent on an individual's employment status. People work and have a job, but they're paid too few, compared to the costs of living in their countries, or they get job offers with too few working hours per month (half-time employment and so-called "mini-jobs").
Creating the group of "the working poor" - beside those people who cannot work anymore from old age or health reasons who are being kept on a short leash financially anyway, like undesired eaters sitting at the table that are perceived as "an unnecessary burden".
Is "poverty" the shady scary guy with the club that stands on the sidewalk beside the house entrance? No! People aren't "threatened by poverty", they don't fear for his hit, they are already poor! This is the reality!
"Threatened by poverty" is nothing but another one of those public relations phrases that shall cover up the fact that there are people in the so-called "wealthier countries" of the earth who aren't as rich as their self-produced propaganda machinery wants to make believe. And, regarding the numbers that are repeatedly cited in this context, there even is no talking about "individual cases" and "personal failure". It's a mass phenomenon, always affecting a quota of between 15 and 20 percent of the population. No matter which of the "wealthier countries" you take to take a look at.
And, important to note, it's not even dependent on an individual's employment status. People work and have a job, but they're paid too few, compared to the costs of living in their countries, or they get job offers with too few working hours per month (half-time employment and so-called "mini-jobs").
Creating the group of "the working poor" - beside those people who cannot work anymore from old age or health reasons who are being kept on a short leash financially anyway, like undesired eaters sitting at the table that are perceived as "an unnecessary burden".