That's the rub - there's nothing you can do to "make" someone believe in themselves or never give up.
No amount of threatening to take away what little they have left, drug testing under penalty of incarceration, etc will do that.
The will to change is cultivated from within.
We don't help the poor because we cynically expect all of them to escape poverty by the fire of their own minds. We reduce the barriers to escape poverty (and its state of mind) in hopes that some of those people will escape it.
The poor will always be with us. Doesn't mean we have to allow predatory practices, ridiculous fees and employers underpaying because they know their labor isn't going to fight back.
No amount of threatening to take away what little they have left, drug testing under penalty of incarceration, etc will do that.
The will to change is cultivated from within.
We don't help the poor because we cynically expect all of them to escape poverty by the fire of their own minds. We reduce the barriers to escape poverty (and its state of mind) in hopes that some of those people will escape it.
The poor will always be with us. Doesn't mean we have to allow predatory practices, ridiculous fees and employers underpaying because they know their labor isn't going to fight back.
Slave to the Patriarchy no more
