Something to understand about being poor…
What people who are not, and never were, poor don’t understand is that a lot of what is considered “self-destructive” behavior on the part of poor people is actually necessary in order to survive poverty in the short term. The worst enemy of the poor person is hopelessness, the best friend is the temporary escape.
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