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Squall28 posted...

It's obviously a combination of everything, but I don't like the mentality of focusing on things outside your control. There's a lot an individual can do to up their status.

it's not about what mentality you like, it's about what we can do to address the situation if anything, jmo; there is evidence that focusing on the things you can control and change is better for you, but at the same time there is plenty of evidence that living in poverty reduces your ability to make good decisions. without some level of material comfort it's not realistic to expect people to make 'good' decisions about long-term planning

Austin_Era_II posted...

Yes blame the system and ask to take rich people's money for free instead of spending what you make wisely and working toward middle class.

I mean I have catapulted from homelessness into the fourth household income quintile and its not because I'm a harder worker or a wiser decision maker than anyone else in poverty (although those things may be true of me)

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