My least favourite by-product of capitalism is that people (especially in the UK) think that if you’re poor you don’t deserve literally anything. Like if you work a low wage job or are on benefits you’ll be shamed for owning a phone or ordering a takeaway and this makes NO sense
I don’t understand how we got to the assumption that poor people don’t deserve things. I remember there being outrage because people were donating biscuits and sweets to a food bank and others thought the people who used them shouldn’t be allowed treats
Eat your gruel, watch TV on your box from the 90s, go to an Internet cafe to correspond with the DWP. Just exist, don’t live
If someone has no money it is not their fault. We live in a country with a carefully designed class system which traps people in poverty that’s almost impossible to get out of and gives them very little help. If they want a beer on a Friday this is perfectly okay
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