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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MisterDeadeye" data-source="post: 7925090" data-attributes="member: 611015">First, how is it an exaggeration to imply that one cannot be born poor and eventually own Coca-Cola? I was providing you with a fact that supports the fact that people in this country are not born with equal opportunity. There's no possible way to interject with the idea that I was exaggerating. It's an analogy based on facts.I never said that families are dying all across America. I said there were some people with these problems. Those are the people who do not have the opportunity to better themselves. The people you're describing are lower middle class. I'm lower middle class. You're lower middle class. The fact is, even the lower middle class is towing poverty. I used to eat Ramen every day, or ground beef and rice. While we were poor, at least we were able to feed ourselves.I had two part time jobs between the age of 16 and 18, and went to a university the fall after I graduated. I eventually dropped out(for personal reasons, nothing about the work being too hard or because of money), and now I love a much different lifestyle. I don't have much, but I am not angry or jealous of those wealthier than I am. I'm grateful to be where I am, to have the opportunities I have. Many kids I went to school with weren't able to get the education that I got(yes, even in the same school -- education depends on more than classes, while they do matter). Many of them did not graduate, and had to do different things. Some went to the labor workforce, some got pregnant and had to go on welfare, some had to start dealing drugs, and some tried to become famous rappers. None of the people I went to school with are the types of people I am talking about. They all have real opportunities based on where we are in the country.Feel free to answer even one of my questions. I'd honestly like to know, if you want to have a real discussion. If you're just going to speak angrily about moochers, I'd really prefer for you to just let me know now before I continue trying to talk to you. If you're able to put aside those emotions, or at least understand that the problems you're describing can be fixed, then we can actually discuss the ideas I've presented.Honestly, I probably should have posted elsewhere. This was essentially a political trolling thread, so there might not have really been a use in trying to talk to the people posting.</blockquote>

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