If you’re poor in life it’s because you’re likely lazy and aren’t working hard enough. Agree or disagree with this statement?

[Still-alive]

Want to see how most feel about this.

Strongly agree. If you’re poor its likely because you’re just not working hard enough

Agree

Disagree

Strongly disagree. Thats not likely to be the factor for why someone is poor in life. Other circumstances can determine that.

[ohsheeT]

Well I disagree if you're talking about homeless people because that's a whole another world

A lot of them have given up because of certain reasons certain things in their life because of mental issues
There are many homeless people all they need is a helping hand just one and up to find the strength within themselves again

They need resources or they need somebody to believe in them... I would say a lot of homeless people are hard-working people because they have to survive and what it takes to survive out there there or they are doing things all the time just to keep their head afloat keep something in their stomach you keep warm it's winter time right now and they have their tents and they're sleeping bags and their ice cold and they can't move and they're sick but I guarantee it that they are probably hard-working individuals

And since I'm in the middle of answering this question if anybody out there sees homeless people go to your store one day buy a couple of loaves of bread some peanut butter some jelly make some sandwiches go get some water or some soda and walk up to them and hand it to them everybody needs the helping hand once in a while

Now if you're talking about me or anybody else that's not homeless basically nobody can b**** because reality is your right where you want to be whether you believe that or not because if you don't want to be in your position or where you're at you're going to do something about it and change it right that's how we all keep growing and getting ahead or having more material objects if we want it we work for it you have to that's that's just the law that's the way it is but if you're poor and you want to blame somebody else you can't do that because if you don't want to be poor change it do something about it you're right where you want to be in life believe it or not because if you don't want to be there you will change it

[Still-alive]

Ehh I disagree with your last part. Sometimes life makes it exceedingly difficult to change your circumstances. I don’t assume they aren’t working hard enough.

Sometimes it is apparent they’re lazy… other times it just isn’t. Life does get in the way. A lot of that is luck of the draw. Some are dealt shittier hands than others.

[ohsheeT]

No I agree with you 100% with everything you just said 100%. I was and everybody's different what I was talking about is I know people in the world who complain and complain about everything but if they wanted a different life than they would have to get up and change it it's hard it's difficult I mean you have to fight your way through this life sometimes and with each step of higher it does become easier somewhere way down the road but you have to keep motivating you have to keep going forward

I put myself in a position 4 years ago to take care of my mother she had Alzheimer's dementia she was living with my sister and nephew my nephew started threatening my sister and my mother my mother called me said she wanted to move into another place I could not allow that because she could not take care of herself so my whole life changed four years ago

Day by day things got harder because I could not go to work I could not make money that I was used to making so I started dipping into my savings my checking I had a secret savings

Because I had to pay my bills otherwise I was going to lose everything and that was not an option especially while I was taking care of her and then 18 months before she passed I couldn't go to work at all
So now she passes away I am totally broke I'm behind on all my bills and I have to pay for a funeral
And I have zero
But I'm not going to just sit there and do nothing I have to make it work that's who I am I've liked my house I like my cars I like all my tools and everything that I have I don't want to sell them but if I have to I will and I did I have coins I had to sell I didn't want to but I had to do what I had to do in order to stay in the same level of life that I'm in
I came within inches of losing my house I starved for 3 weeks

[ohsheeT]

r 3 weeks
They had to think about everything that I went through and what I was going to do to get out of it I mean that 4 years was the hardest four years I've ever had to do I mean it was actually disgusting but I would do it again if I had to but I mean I lost a part of myself I lost all my money just because I took care of my mom and I had to do that you gave me 16 years of my life she was there for me and I wasn't going to allow her to go into a home because you don't know what happens in there but I had a choice to make I had to make it work or I had to fail and I don't believe in that word failure but I mean I agree with everything you said it's life takes many many turns and there are people that are born

[ohsheeT]

Into money and they have life a lot easier but no matter what we have to make choices of what we want and we want to be in life and you either go forward or you don't it's a choice some choices are harder than others unlucky that I kind of brought myself up and I believe in certain things and if I want something I have to go work for it it's that simple I'm lucky about my health I'm lucky for a lot of things but I do believe in everything that you're saying for me just sometimes I look at people and as a matter of fact I help quite a few people that I don't even know sometimes but I look and I read them and I see that it's a choice they've made that holds them back from being something else sometimes it is because they're lazy sometimes it's because they have a mental problem of some sort and they just kind of giving up and that's where I help them or try to help them however I can but without coming straight out and saying it I want to prove to them that you can do anything you want to if you want to do it

[MisterWack]

“If you’re poor in life it’s because you’re likely lazy and aren’t working hard enough.”

We have luxuries they don’t 1. A vehicle to take us from point A to B 2. A device to get into an interview 3. An education to utilize skills for a good paying job 4. Money to begin with….

If you had no inheritance, no one to rely on, no way to get around, and no skills to service a good paying job or any job tbh then no matter how hard you try you’ll always end up at ‘Zero’. Billionaires can sit in a chair, follow orders while doing minimal effort to achieve the goals of their higher ups, and if they lose $1 million they have $1 billion also a lesser employee to pin the blame on so they don’t lose their chair or get a reduction…. Pretty amazing how anyone could praise the rich and spit on their equal. I call poverty stricken homeless equals because one bad move and you are in the gutter too…

[sdjaks]

What you wrote might be true sometimes but not always. For example what if somebody has worked really hard in life, earnt a lot of money and then some scumbag decided to scam them and succeed. Also some people might have legit medical issues which makes it very hard for them to work and find proper employment to make good income.

[mandyfire98]

That's bullshit considering the most physically taxing jobs like factory or warehouse workers don't make much money at all. Those workers work harder than anyone. Elon Musk hasn't done an ounce of physical labor in his entire life and he's rich.

[Still-alive]

Lol yup.

[Date_a_Snob]

@mandyfire98 well said

[Wiredone]

That's why they call that slave labor

[Notherndude84]

Elon Musk couldn’t do manual labour if he tried, you can easily tell by his photo he’s a stranger to actual work. I think the majority of homelessness is brought on by drugs addiction and mental illness.

On a different note are MAGA people now okay with electric vehicles now that Elon Musk is a Republican party minion working for Trump?

[mandyfire98]

"On a different note are MAGA people now okay with electric vehicles now that Elon Musk is a Republican party minion working for Trump?"

They are with Teslas. Funny how their beliefs and morals change based on whether or not that person is maga or not.

Now they worship Elon too.

[ClassicDropout]

Rich people want to keep poor people poor. It's like this everywhere in the world to some degree. There's a reason why there's an entry barrier to the tools needed to be successful. Let's put it this way. If you grew up with nothing, no car, no college fund, and you lived in an apartment, what choice do you have in terms of work other than retail? I don't need to go into depth about how retail work isn't sustainable. Anyone who has been there knows. Working retail feels like there is no way out. There is no "saving up" for anything. If you think not wanting to work yourself to death by taking 16 hours per day and then also making money in some side hustle is being lazy, I don't know what to tell you.

[Garud]

There is nothing to disagree with, I know I am lazy, so I don't work hard even if the opportunity is in front of me and I am proud of it.

I work according to my mood or when the sword is hanging right above my head.

But this does not mean that everyone in the world is so lucky that they get the opportunity and at the same time they are able to take advantage of that opportunity.

It is a game of many permutations and combinations which are only found according to luck.

If I work hard, will I become rich, no.

But I will remain middle class. Because whatever I have learned in life, I have learned by myself, no one has taught me. I myself ran after it but according to my mood,

a person can be hard working, maybe his/her mental state is not stable, or that person is disheartened, or he has no support or resources, or there are lots of restrictions, lack of information, so strongly disagree, other circumstances can determine that

[ManOnFire]

Not necessarily. That is sometimes the case, but it also can be because of poor judgment and decisions. Not being wise and taking opportunities when you should have, or wasting time doing things that can hold you back/negatively impact you in life i. e. alcoholism, drug use, etc. Or hanging around the wrong people, listening to their influences, and picking up their habits that also negatively impact you.

[MissTrix]

Disagree most are drug addicts or mentally disabled or just physically disabled living off the government.

Are all this no! But also there are a lot that are lazy and love the life style and won't change.

But addiction and disabled brain function due to drugs is a big part but also many are kids who never got love or social skills and just wanna be alone.

[Unit1]

Strongly disagree.

If that were true, then farmers would be the first one's to drive around in something like Lamborghini Urus or some Ferrari when they're not driving their tractors.

And then the oil rig workers.

[NaultD]

Well over half of homeless people were never adopted children. So you've heard of the boomerang rend of kids moving back home to parents. So these people just don't have personal relationship safety nets.

[Likes2drive]

It’s a likely reason for a lot of them unless they have a disability or lost everything and can’t recover from it

[Still-alive]

Disagree

[Likes2drive]

I’d say it’s half the reason because I know people that just don’t want to work, and no skills , some people have lost everything and become homeless. I lost everything when getting divorced, bank took house, had no where to go but still had a job but child support took half, luckily I was able to rent a room. That was 8 years ago, now I have a paid off car and a house with a mortgage

[Likes2drive]

Nobody helped me either, I had to all that myself, I somehow stayed optimistic through it all and for my kids

[GOLDFISH_smile]

Hard disagree. I meet more lazy people who have enough money, than lazy people who don't have enough money.

[andreasderjuengere]

I partly disagree.

Myself, I'm unwealthy by choice. It gives me more personal freedom... especially: freedom from banks and from ''the System''.

So... WHO is ''poor''?

[CB-Raido-Time]

No it's more like that group in which you are not allowed to name them flooded your country with illegals that have taken the jobs along with women that were indoctrinated with feminism by the same group to compete with men taking their jobs.

[katiesmuff]

So many things can determine what you are in life that are beyond your control!

[Jackblue]

In the US no, you can be poor in spite of working hard all your life. I am not so certain about some other countries like in Western Europe and Canada where they have generous welfare states.

[Wiredone]

There can be many different reasons why someone would be poor. They might have to spend a lot of money on medical stuff

[DrPepper12]

Way off base. Horatio Alger stories are nice for the rubes but not reality

[thegreenyogi]

Disagree. It really depends on the circumstance.

[WhitneySnow]

Strongly disagree

[OzzieOwens]

Strongly disagree.