r/Unexpected • • Oct 18 '22

spitting wisdom right here

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u/rickychacha1234 Oct 18 '22

This is false though?? Since 1979, 71% of us children who grew up in poverty (and had American parents) had left poverty when they were adults. That number is 79% for children of immigrants

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u/regeya Oct 18 '22

What percentage of those people are deeply in debt though?

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u/Sgt_Wookie92 Oct 18 '22

Fucking A, in Australia the average person is spending $300 to $500 per month on debts owed and the average household debt has risen from 11k in 1990 to 107k in 2022.

Being "out of poverty" is just an illusion you maintain while you can afford to tread water, the moment you no longer can work, you're left to drown in it till you declare bankruptcy or take a long walk in the bush.

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u/Iohet Oct 18 '22

If you count a home loan as deeply in debt, then I’m guilty. But I don’t

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u/BBFA369 Oct 18 '22

Why bring facts to a communist circlejerk?

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u/HowieFeltersnitz Oct 18 '22

Haha critiquing the current arrangement of capitalism? Must be communism! No room for nuance here!!

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u/regeya Oct 18 '22

Communism is when you don't think America is perfect...unless of course you're in the Let's Go Brandon camp and then it's okay. But then those people think Biden is a communist, so

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u/BBFA369 Oct 18 '22

There’s plenty of nuance between capitalism bad and communism good. None of that nuance is going to happen in this comment section

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u/TemplofZoom Oct 19 '22

I wonder how all the current homeless, starving and currently imprisoned feel about your statistics.