badgenome on 28 December 2012
| Jay520 said: For the most part, poor people are poor as a result of poor work ethic, which usually correlates in a poor personality. So I'm not surprised. I've interacted with a lot of poor people in my days. About 99% of the adult poor people I've seen just don't put forth the effort to better themselves. They take little to no responsibility for their future and constantly blame the system and other "irresistible forces" for their shitty condition. While societal factors can give someone a bad upbringing, people have abundant opportunity to do something with their life and make a decent living. If it isn't laziness, its often just plain indifference when it comes to poor people; they seem complacent with their lifestyle and don't care to even try to improve themselves. Keep in kind these are my just observations of poor people based on my short life in Detroit, Michigan. Seeing as how Detroit is one of America's worst cities, I wouldn't be surprised if poor people in other cities actually had more opportunity than the people I've interacted with. |
I'm confused. Haven't you argued that people are entirely products of their environment and heredity, and therefore the decisions they make are the only decisions they could ever have made? Or have you changed your opinion on free will?
