• Jimius@lemmy.ml
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    Sure, but poverty is a lack of money. The inability to sustain oneself healthily. Once you have “sufficient” money, having even more won’t make you happier.

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      That was the original meaning, but it’s also been co-opted by assholes as an “argument” against providing for people’s basic needs.