This is something that I’m on about all the time because it emphasizes so well how deep seated our need to categorize folks as deserving or undeserving actually is.
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I once had a professor describe social welfare in the United States as politicians “Giving people shitty shit, and then getting pissed about the fact that people aren’t wallowing in gratitude for the shitty shit they got.” I kind of feel like that is relevant here.
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