Comments by "Stevie" (@matthewhorizon6050) on "Joe Rogan | America’s #1 Problem w/Russell Brand" video.

@jonjonr6 First of all, you're strawmaning. I never said any of those things. And yes, poverty is systemic and where you have poor people you have crime. That's pretty much a consistent theme throughout the world. I rsponsed to you remark of saying that it's easy to stay out of prison.
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@jonjonr6 This is PRECISELY what Joe's talking about. People who increase their social upward motility and climb out of the lowest earning quintile are rare. Typically, those outliers have at least one caregiver (mothers usually) making an effort to instill positive and productive values in their child. Saying that "It's not difficult" is absurdly shortsighted. If it was so easy then people would simply follow the suggested protocol.
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@jonjonr6 If you don't mind revealing this on YouTube, what city do you live in currently and where were you raised? If you feel uncomfortable with that type of disclosure then leave a brief description of the socioeconomic status of your stomping grounds -- both past and present. I grew in Binghamton, NY, right out of NYC. I lived in NYC for almost 13 yrs then my mom died and pops became ill, so I moved back to take care of him. Currently, I'm an LMSW, working in the substance use disorder field and behavioral health (e.g., co-occuring/duel-diagnosis/comorbidity). The models and philosophies that guide my practice are Best Practice, Harm Reductiion, Systems Theory and I'm a true believer in the stages of change model and the therapeutic techniques that embody it. My point, I work w a lot of poor folks, but I see the middle class and wealthy as well, because of working in drug & alcohol. Middle class and wealthy people have a clear advantage in persevering through emotionally driven "tough times." The MAJOR problem w your opinion is that we can easily just tell people to fuck off and learn to "pull yourself up by the bootstraps," but that idiology is crippling us and we ultimately live amongst these folks and the chaos they feel will undoubtedly become a chaos we feel. The opioid crisis is one example and fueling the prison industrial complex w out money is another. The basic cure to any problem is to treat the underlying cause of a problem. In this case, it's helping the poor out of the gutter.
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@jonjonr6 Yeah, it is a fact, but if you dont have the capacity to see being the basic players of this societal phenomenon then I guess we've hit an impasse that can't move beyond it. Life is nowhere near as simplistic as you're making it out to be. I'm not sure if you're simply young, obstinate or have been indoctrinated w unwavering far right idiologies. Either way, good day and good luck. ☺
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