• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    Except it doesn’t because you can’t just “stop being poor” and if you’re living in poverty, you don’t have the bootstraps to pull yourself up with.

    Which is why almost all of the richest people in America grew up at least middle class. Most grew up wealthy.