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minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoAs someone who was poor and now is not poor, that’s bullshit. I was for sure envious of well-off folks around me. Now I absolutely don’t take it for granted.
minus-squareZloubida@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIt wasn’t envy. It was a normal reaction to an unjust situation.
minus-squareZloubida@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoYou’re right sorry. So it was envy. But I don’t think it’s the same kind of envy, coming from someone who also left poverty, and felt that too.
As someone who was poor and now is not poor, that’s bullshit. I was for sure envious of well-off folks around me. Now I absolutely don’t take it for granted.
It wasn’t envy. It was a normal reaction to an unjust situation.
Don’t tell me how I feel
You’re right sorry. So it was envy. But I don’t think it’s the same kind of envy, coming from someone who also left poverty, and felt that too.