It’s an old theory, I’ve seen it efore, can’t say where.
the writer has no statistics and no proof tyo back up anything he says.
the more of a painful...thing one has the less likely to do anything about any one problem...’
No proof to back that up. It’s just a statement of theory. Not even theory -— a random thought.
Also says, ‘the more we have of (something) the less any additional unit means...’ Not true. Author has no statistics and no proof.
We are in a serious drought here and I have two horses and a stack of hay bales and every one of those bales means a lot to me.
At any rate, it’s just a poke at conservatives saying people should work for their welfare...or just work.
People can get out of poverty by being surrounded by others, and a culture, of a work ethic.
Another point -— what’s poverty? I know a lot of people who romanticize the Native Americans, but look at how they lived on the plains for instance. Open fires to cook on, made their own clothes, no air conditioning, walked or rode everywhere, etc. etc. Young men were encouraged to endure cold, hunger and thirst. We would call that extreme poverty.
My answer would be, culture is everything. Short of outright starvation, your culture rewards or discourages all you do.
Thats an idea. Take these inner-city punks and put them on a 4-week cattle drive on beans and saddle sores. Maybe they’ll have a better understanding of things when they reach the end.