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minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·11 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-up4arrow-down7·11 months agoIt wasn’t envy. It was a normal reaction to an unjust situation.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·11 months agoDon’t tell me how I feel
minus-squareZloubida@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 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.