Since the election, you have probably heard a lot about FAFO (“f--- around and find out”). It’s the idea that voting is a choice and voters must face the consequences of their choices. If you are, say, a poor person, you shouldn’t have voted for Donald Trump or any Republican, because in the end, th...
poor is such a weird word… in most cases it just means bad. Poor food quality, poor planning, poor critical thinking skills, etc….
but when we refer to a person, poor means a lack of money?
isn’t it just baking in the notion that impoverished people are bad?
Also in America there is an unspoken attitude that being poor is a moral failing because of the narrative that all you need to succeed is “hard work and determination”. If you’re not rich you must be lazy.
i’m going to call this the hegemony of the rich… but what’s the word for when people adopt the values of their oppressors?