As for why that is, poverty is partly about mindset and decision making, but all of that is strongly influenced by the effects of being in a financially precarious situation and being around others who are. Just knowing that you aren’t at risk of your life falling apart because of relatively minor problems makes an enormous difference and allows people practically and psychologically to think beyond the short term and not get taken advantage of financially. Fill a bucket with water, the crabs will get out.
AskewLord@piefed.social 2 days ago
you don’t fix poverty by giving poor people money.
you fix it by providing them upward mobility.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Ok great. So give them upward mobility. That’s going to cost money.
AskewLord@piefed.social 2 days ago
No it doesn’t. It requires work ethic
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
UBI pilot programs give a lot of evidence to the contrary
AskewLord@piefed.social 2 days ago
No, they don’t.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Yes, there is empirical evidence that giving people money directly is effective, just denying it doesn’t refute that: ubiadvocates.org/9-successful-ubi-pilot-programs-…
As for why that is, poverty is partly about mindset and decision making, but all of that is strongly influenced by the effects of being in a financially precarious situation and being around others who are. Just knowing that you aren’t at risk of your life falling apart because of relatively minor problems makes an enormous difference and allows people practically and psychologically to think beyond the short term and not get taken advantage of financially. Fill a bucket with water, the crabs will get out.