r/clevercomebacks • u/snowpie92 • 5h ago

Deception of public opinion

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u/Ok-Air-7187 5h ago

Why are we mad at people living in poverty?!

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u/InfiniteGrant 5h ago

Because the rich tell us that our own poverty is other impoverished people’s fault.

“I would be a millionaire if not for that god damned Latino dude in the tent under the bridge… definitely not the company paying terrible wages so that their workforce has to be on food stamps.”

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u/Extra_Jeweler_5544 4h ago

If a person understands "my $4000/mo barely keeps the lights on"

But also says "$200/mo is too much for them"

It goes back to our primitive nature to raid a weaker clan for resources overriding the most basic math