Comments by "Chris Nilsson" (@GenerationX1984) on "The Real Cause of Poverty with Matthew Desmond - Factually! - 215" video.

  1. ​ @AngryVet44 That's what George Carlin told us. He was right! Wisest angry old man I ever heard speak.
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  2. And no. I'm not a jerk for pointing this out. It's funny to be negative. I enjoy it.
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  3. Unless the poor agree to live off grid and stop buying the crap that made Walmart so rich.
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  4. We call ourselves the greatest nation but we've fallen behind on almost every metric. We lie to ourselves as a country.
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  5. Religion is also a crutch for emotionally damaged people who are unable to cope with the hardships of this life.
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  6. Not all poor people are drug addicts or folks who made bad financial choices. Some were born into the poverty cycle. Like Native American Indians on the Indian Reservations. This is a nuanced issue. Don't paint it with a broad brush.
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  7. Also why do scientists get paid so poorly but Glenn Beck (who doesn't know d*ck about science) gets paid a boatload of money??? That jerk is swimming in it!
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  8. They'd have to work harder to be superior instead of relying on the one skillset they're good at. Earning and investing money. Haha!
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  9. The king didn't have to live in his parents basement without getting any pussy. The poor do. 😂
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  10. Climate change deniers are irrational conspiracy nuts who think that HAARP is causing the rise in weather related natural disasters. When you consider how dumb that sounds then climate change suddenly seems like the more feasible explanation, right?
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  11. Not only that but the denialism is a uniquely American problem because of our national science illiteracy rate. Dumb Americans. What else can I say.
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  12. You know what would work better? Instead of a one size fits all public education system, how about segregating the smart kids from the dumb ones straight outta kindergarten? Not only will the smart kids not have to suffer in class when they have to listen to the dumb ones try to read in group reading but the smart kids won't have to deal with mouth breathing bullies, either. And GPAs will skyrocket in the smart kid school.
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  13. Today, any questioning of the economic and social status quo will be shot down by accusations of communism. Or so it seems.
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  14. That's why tiny home owners need to join gangs that will protect their property as well as arming themselves and forming group militias. That sounds like a good way for a group of people to be sent to jail, you might say. Worth it. Some of the most influential manifestos were written in prison. Even Hitler wrote one in jail.
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  15. Yup. Naive people need to read history books.
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  16. That's why I think it would be funny to save up and pay extra for a first class flight where you can pretend to be rich and grift those snobs. Just like they do in the comedy movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
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  17. Ad hominem attack. At least he's acknowledging it's a huge problem.
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  18. The system dates back to feudalism. It's an outdated model.
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  19. The estate tax needs to exist too. It's practically nonexistent in most states.
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  20. Nobody cares
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  21. Oh the poverty rate is higher than 11.6%. How poor do you have to be to be considered in poverty? Do you have to be making minimum wage or less? And yes. You CAN make less than minimum wage. I worked for a temp agency for a little while after college while looking for a better job. It paid next to nothing.
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  22. I'm ready to upend society. It worked for the French. Guillotines it is!!!!
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  23. The United States is only the richest country on Earth if you' re in the top 2% of earners. The middle class is being squeezed out slowly but the pace at which we're being squeezed out has accelerated since the pandemic.
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