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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trauma affects different people in different ways.  And growing up in poverty is its own form of trauma.  The “pulled myself up from my bootstraps” people do not recognize that something about their physiology, something about their own personal response to stress, helped them navigate their trauma.  Think of it this way: if you talked to a rape survivor having a hard time, would you negatively compare her to someone who was coping better? [b] People want to frame everything as strength vs. weakness- I’m strong and smart and they’re lazy and don’t take advantage of help.  What an arrogant way to look at the world.[/b]  I’ve met people from third world countries who clawed their way out of dire circumstances- does that mean that all of the children in their home country deserve to live in poverty because someone else managed to claw their way out and therefore proved that it is possible?  This is the same circular individual nonsense that we always hear- people who don’t have insurance can use the emergency room, be responsible,  etc.  Well guess what- in the end, stuffing the emergency room with poor people had a hefty horrible cost, and dismissing the poor as lazy has just as dire a cost too![/quote]

This is the core belief that the majority of Americans have. It's also the reason why phrases like "Greatest country in the world", "Freedom", etc. are thrown around ad nauseam. [/quote]

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