absolutely (Reply #2) - Democratic Underground

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 09:53 PM

it's ridiculous how our childhood poverty rate is so high in America. Even before they get to school, so many kids are at a huge disadvantage

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I fucking hate how our society is so status and money oriented!! [View all]	gobears10	Sep 2015	OP
This teacher thanks you.	LWolf	Sep 2015	#1
absolutely	gobears10	Sep 2015	#2
I also hate people who judge by these criteria . I think part of it is insecurity	Person 2713	Sep 2015	#3
Avarice is our religion. it is sickening.	JanMichael	Sep 2015	#4
+1	DirtyHippyBastard	Sep 2015	#12
Well said!	sibelian	Sep 2015	#5
And more often than not these days...	Marty McGraw	Sep 2015	#6
You are really forced into it...	cap	Sep 2015	#7
Same shit, different century. n/t	jtuck004	Sep 2015	#8
Bookmarked	daleanime	Sep 2015	#9
Horatio alger is used to kick the poor and unfortunate in America. Just because..	AZ Progressive	Sep 2015	#10
Another thing that they don't tell you about "success" is that it is one thing to attain it, it is..	AZ Progressive	Sep 2015	#11
"It's worse than I thought" ... seems kind of appropriate here ...	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2015	#13
Materialism without character is not first-rate.	Waiting For Everyman	Sep 2015	#14
You don't think money and status should be important.	Igel	Sep 2015	#15
Gobears, FWIW, although the dominant culture is awful,	Hortensis	Sep 2015	#16
Status is everything in our culture.	Oneironaut	Sep 2015	#17
mhmm	gobears10	Sep 2015	#18
When you replace one religion with another, you have to replace the rituals too.	Shandris	Sep 2015	#19

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