[sheikhnbake]

The dismissal is based on decades of lived experience and seeing the same things over and over again. You aren't attempting to engage in good faith and clearly aren't interested in discussing anything more in-depth so my dismissal seems to be well placed.

[illusive4080]

No, I’m sticking to the subject and not allowing you to drag me into side arguments. Go ahead and reply, you can have the final word.

I also have Decades Of Lived Experience as well, so I’m not sure how this qualifies you to be condescending to me.

[sheikhnbake]

You voluntarily got involved in a political discussion when you lamely attempted to assert that some things aren't political.

The fact that you have decades of experience on this ball of mud and still espouse the things you do is embarrassing.

You insist that the majority of impoverished are in their situation because of poor life choices while probably also believing that the economy and the levers of political power are rigged (which they are).

You know that the working class has the odds stacked against them while punching down at those less fortunate. Your family may very well suffer from their own bad choices.

I would posit that those choices aren't made in a vacuum. You can preach about personal responsibility while also recognizing systemic and economic injustice against the working class. But you probably won't. You'll keep insisting that lifting yourself up by your bootstraps is a physical possibility. In the end you're just repeating things that help the oligarchy and their strangle hold on our country and the world at large.