I'm poor. I deserve nice stuff like everyone else

[Vic]

Most all Civilizations are dead, the Greeks, the Romans, Communism, Socialism,

what remains is the one Government that advocated individual liberty, AND FREEDOM.

-John

The Roman Republic lasted for 700 years before the Caesars.

 

[Vic]

It's just typical Zorkorist.

I'm still trying to figure out if he's a troll or the living proof of Dunning-Kruger.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Has Zorkorist ever properly engaged in a discussion before? Or is he always performing this schizophrenic rambling?

 

[Zorkorist]

Yeah, you know, I'm doing aight.

We're talking about how best to do the future, and being a slave to Government, ain't it.

-John

 

[Zorkorist]

The only trolls are you attackers.

-John

 

[MongGrel]

The only trolls are you attackers.

-John

I've yet to see anyone attack you in the thread, in reality.

No one has.

You do a pretty good job of self ownage most of the time.

 

[OverVolt]

Poor = underutilized potential?

I consider myself to be kinda broke being young and all. I basically consider eating out a luxury I can't afford and yet I see people in even worse financial shape blowing money like its going out of style on restaurants and gadgets. Where do those people ultimately end up? Divorce & Bankruptcy? Oh well. Just mind my own business I guess.

 

[Vic]

Yeah, you know, I'm doing aight.

We're talking about how best to do the future, and being a slave to Government, ain't it.

-John

I would love to live in a world without a government. And maybe someday you'll come to understand that getting there takes more than just clicking your heels together three times.

 

[Zorkorist]

No Vic, it's obvious that you attack ideas of freedom as soon as you can.

-John

 

[Zorkorist]

There are plenty of ways that you can argue for freedom, but you choose to argue against freedom.

-John

 

[IronWing]

Pickles are really cucumbers.

-Ironwing

 

[Vic]

No Vic, it's obvious that you attack ideas of freedom as soon as you can.

-John

Could you be a little more specific about which of these "ideas of freedom" it is that I have been allegedly attacking?

 

[Vic]

Pickles are really cucumbers.

-Ironwing

*mind blown*

 

[JSt0rm]

I've learned that poor people have no idea what nice things actually are.

 

[brianmanahan]

I'm still trying to figure out if he's a troll or the living proof of Dunning-Kruger.

tbh i think he might be a bot

 

[brianmanahan]

I've learned that poor people have no idea what nice things actually are.

like spending 300$ on a meal at a fancy restaurant?

no thanks, i'll just keep my money and continue to live like a poor

 

[Zorkorist]

Keep giving your money to Government, slave.

-John

 

[BoberFett]

If it's so great to be poor then why aren't there more volunteers?

The pay isn't great, but you can't beat the hours.

 

[Vic]

The pay isn't great, but you can't beat the hours.

It's only a middle finger to your boss away

 

[BoberFett]

It's only a middle finger to your boss away

Been there, done that. The vacation was fantastic.

 

[mysticjbyrd]

myth?
Most poor don't think like this?

only those worthless that work the govt safety net/hammock have this outlook?
or has a sense of entitlement trickled out to the majority of poor?

I see entitlement all the time, but it's almost always from the people on top of the pyramid, rather than the bottom.


Ya, I know I am underage, stole booze, got drunk and killed four people in an automobile accident, but ENTITLED!

Ya, I know I basically got off scott free from robbery, DUI, reckless driving, along with about every other crime you can think of, including killing four people, but I fled the country anyway, because ENTITLED.

Ya, I know I got off scott free the first time, but I am certainly ENTITLED to get off again, right?

You see I am different that you commoners, I came out of a very special vagina.


That's real entitlement... A single mother working a full time job, yet still living well below the poverty line, and collecting food stamps is not entitlement.

 

[Ackmed]

While certainly not all poor people think like that, a lot do from what I have seen. We're being told by our leaders that everyone "deserves" to be happy. They deserve to be paid ($15 an hour) more despite not doing anything to earn it. The deserve free college, they deserve this and that. People should have to work for happiness and a good life, not handed to them. Like the poster above me, sadly a lot of people think they are entitled to things that they are not. Or at least shouldn't be.

Make these rich sods live off a minimum wage job for a couple years, without any assistance from friends/family/pre-existing funds, and see how that goes for 'em.

So you want to trade places with people who worked for what they have, and give it to those who haven't? Nice. Granted, not all worked for being "rich", some were handed a silver spoon. People are on minimum wage by nobodies fault but their own. Placing blame on someone else is stupid.

 

[sandorski]

While certainly not all poor people think like that, a lot do from what I have seen. We're being told by our leaders that everyone "deserves" to be happy. They deserve to be paid ($15 an hour) more despite not doing anything to earn it. The deserve free college, they deserve this and that. People should have to work for happiness and a good life, not handed to them. Like the poster above me, sadly a lot of people think they are entitled to things that they are not. Or at least shouldn't be.



...

If people are earning the Minimum Wage are they not Working?

 

[Ackmed]

Yes, obviously. When did I say otherwise? I am glad they are working. What they are not doing if they stay in a minimum wage job (or some over inflated $15 fast food job) is working hard enough to get out of "being poor".

 

[MajinCry]

While certainly not all poor people think like that, a lot do from what I have seen. We're being told by our leaders that everyone "deserves" to be happy. They deserve to be paid ($15 an hour) more despite not doing anything to earn it. The deserve free college, they deserve this and that. People should have to work for happiness and a good life, not handed to them. Like the poster above me, sadly a lot of people think they are entitled to things that they are not. Or at least shouldn't be.

Free college? That's a good idea. Let's have more of that. Let's have free education for everybody, so that the population has the opportunity to get smarter, and allow for better job qualifications.

If they're working, they deserved to get paid. If you're working, you deserve to get paid enough that you don't die at age 35, from working three jobs with only two hours sleep a day.


Lord almighty, you guys sound as if you own sweatshops.

So you want to trade places with people who worked for what they have, and give it to those who haven't? Nice. Granted, not all worked for being "rich", some were handed a silver spoon. People are on minimum wage by nobodies fault but their own. Placing blame on someone else is stupid.

You should actually read what I typed, rather than what you want me to have typed.