The problem with poverty porn is—Privileged folks are going to skim through this, post hashtag #blessed, & go on living their carefree lives. But those who lost their life savings to a flood are going to read this, internalise its message, & repress their own suffering

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https://twitter.com/ShafwanZaidon/status/1563421571116847104

Many folks think that photographing the poor simply counts as poverty porn. Actually what counts as poverty porn is more complex. But, taking a photo of the poor *and then* using a caption to judge people living richer lives is absolutely poverty porn.

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"Kenapa gelandangan tak terus cari kerja saja?" Sekarang gaji minima pun tak cukup untuk sewa. Tahu tak majikan lebih rela terima pemohon yang ada alamat rumah jadi gelandangan lebih susah dapat kerja? Tak tahu lah sebab hidup bertuah, selesa & jauh dari kesusahan yang nyata. Nilai neoliberal ini memang sentiasa berubah macam lalat. Semalam kata memang faham kesusahan orang bawah sistem kerajaan yang tak peduli langsung. Hari ini ada hati berlagak pandai nak ajar orang miskin yang dapat bantuan yang orang lain bagi secara sukarela.

Why are Malaysians unhealthy?

My colleagues and I work in the mall for 5 days per week, 12 hours per day. After a workday, most of us do not have the time and energy to prepare food for that night and the day after. The cheapest meal we can buy in the mall is the KFC value set. Yes it's important to maintain a healthy lifestyle. But workers have little motivation to do so without work-life balance

Increase the minimun wage. Decrease work hours without decreasing the wages. So workers have more free time to prepare food, exercise & have medical checkups

"Malaysia was once a harmonious society"
Conveniently ignores the 13 May 1969 incident, despite bringing up the 1970 NEP afterwards.

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https://twitter.com/SiriuslyCold/status/1457929364331368449

"The NEP signified heavy socialist like government intervention into the economy"
Tell me you don't understand socialism without telling me you don't understand socialism.

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