▲ 519 ▼ 'An economic divide that is widening': Almost one third of Americans earning $150,000 a year or more say they're living paycheck to paycheck and many rely on credit cards to close the gap (finance.yahoo.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 264 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Eugenics with extra steps, sounds peachy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm never having kids, by choice. How is that eugenics? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) When you start advocating for a particular group to not reproduce, what else would you call it? You can choose that for yourself but if you suggest it for anyone else you're gonna need to choose your words very carefully to avoid coming across like a super racist from the 19th century. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) To be clear, I'm anti-capitalist and not blaming poor people for anything, nor suggesting they should not have any children. But I stand by my position and wording. Don't have more children (or even pets) than one can support. It's objectively cruel. Would I prefer a world where there wasn't such dramatic (or ideally any) inequality? Definitely. But even in a world where every single parent could support 6 kids I'd be against people having 17. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago You seem to think that the only way for people with children to to be poor is if they are poor and have children. You know you can have children, loose your job, and become poor, right? I'm telling you, you are out of touch and that is clearly evident in you're inability to come up with non circumstancial examples. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm never having kids, by choice. How is that eugenics? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) When you start advocating for a particular group to not reproduce, what else would you call it? You can choose that for yourself but if you suggest it for anyone else you're gonna need to choose your words very carefully to avoid coming across like a super racist from the 19th century. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) To be clear, I'm anti-capitalist and not blaming poor people for anything, nor suggesting they should not have any children. But I stand by my position and wording. Don't have more children (or even pets) than one can support. It's objectively cruel. Would I prefer a world where there wasn't such dramatic (or ideally any) inequality? Definitely. But even in a world where every single parent could support 6 kids I'd be against people having 17. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago You seem to think that the only way for people with children to to be poor is if they are poor and have children. You know you can have children, loose your job, and become poor, right? I'm telling you, you are out of touch and that is clearly evident in you're inability to come up with non circumstancial examples. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) When you start advocating for a particular group to not reproduce, what else would you call it? You can choose that for yourself but if you suggest it for anyone else you're gonna need to choose your words very carefully to avoid coming across like a super racist from the 19th century. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) To be clear, I'm anti-capitalist and not blaming poor people for anything, nor suggesting they should not have any children. But I stand by my position and wording. Don't have more children (or even pets) than one can support. It's objectively cruel. Would I prefer a world where there wasn't such dramatic (or ideally any) inequality? Definitely. But even in a world where every single parent could support 6 kids I'd be against people having 17. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago You seem to think that the only way for people with children to to be poor is if they are poor and have children. You know you can have children, loose your job, and become poor, right? I'm telling you, you are out of touch and that is clearly evident in you're inability to come up with non circumstancial examples. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) To be clear, I'm anti-capitalist and not blaming poor people for anything, nor suggesting they should not have any children. But I stand by my position and wording. Don't have more children (or even pets) than one can support. It's objectively cruel. Would I prefer a world where there wasn't such dramatic (or ideally any) inequality? Definitely. But even in a world where every single parent could support 6 kids I'd be against people having 17. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago You seem to think that the only way for people with children to to be poor is if they are poor and have children. You know you can have children, loose your job, and become poor, right? I'm telling you, you are out of touch and that is clearly evident in you're inability to come up with non circumstancial examples. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago You seem to think that the only way for people with children to to be poor is if they are poor and have children. You know you can have children, loose your job, and become poor, right? I'm telling you, you are out of touch and that is clearly evident in you're inability to come up with non circumstancial examples. permalink fedilink source parent