• Hazdaz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Putting supports on trees weakens them.

    Just like giving free hand-outs to people.

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        1 year ago

        Give a man to fish feed him for a day… teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime.

        People like you want to keep a group of people endlessly indebted, while the rest of us want that group to stand on their own.

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          Give me a break. There are no solutions put forward by people that argue against welfare other than “bootstraps.” Or even worse “let the weak die.” It has nothing to do with helping people grow. Hell even when solutions focused on growth are put forward to help growth in new environments (training coal miners to do different work for example) the arguments become something about heritage or family history in mining. It always seems like it’s opposition for the sake of opposition.

          The main argument against welfare always seems to stem from a desire to have less taxation as they believe welfare support is stealing from them. A.k.a being selfish. There is never any thought about what to do to help those in need.

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          Stand on your own, they say to the starving person, put some effort into your appearance they say to the homeless person, just stop being so miserable they say to the depressed person

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          The apples in the picture are jobs that pay enough for food and a house within a daily commute of that job.

          Not everyone has access to that. That access is necessary before the Teaching aspect can be effective. Teaching only works if the lesson is usable with the resources available.

          The ladders are teaching programs tailored to the resources available in that community.

          The adjusted tree is updated communities with better resources - better transit, better grocery availability, better childcare options, better school options, better medical options.

          This has been “Children’s books explained in painful detail.” Tune in next time for Goodnight Moon. I’m joking. I don’t know that the heck goodnight moon is about.

        • Rom@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          Okay cool, so let’s raise wages so everyone can afford to buy their own food.