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RE: A criticism of the phrase "Poverty is a state of mind"

in #blog6 years ago

Hey! Cool video. He strays a bit from the topic sometimes but always manages to come back. I think that what he talks about is exactly what I was referring to. Rich people are a very, very small percentage of the population, and if just having the right mindset were the key to getting rich, the gap would be smaller. Yet rich people are always encouraging people to follow in their steps, as if their path to wealth were easily reproducible.

Thanks for sharing the video. :)

Something I've always found a bit funny to include in my analyses is that education is one of the resources people have or don't have access to. So if someone is uneducated due to an unprivileged social position, they'll never have the "right ideas" or opportunities, so it could be considered as a simple matter of fate, choosing your place in life.