The kicker for me is not the people who can't seem to imagine themselves in this situation. Those with massive inheritance or golden parachutes are an extreme minority. It's the vast majority of those that oppose "government handouts" and the like that have, themselves, been supported by these same systems. People who have taken unemployment, medicade, even welfare, and food stamps (My experience is US based), yet turn around and talk about this imaginary "other" that is mooching away all their now hard earned money via some of the lowest taxes in history.
It boggles my mind because they *have* experienced the temporary-ness of these situations, yet are still convinced the safety nets should not be there anymore. Those same safety nets that caught them and helped boost them back up to be contributing members of society.
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Date: 2010-10-14 05:54 pm (UTC)It boggles my mind because they *have* experienced the temporary-ness of these situations, yet are still convinced the safety nets should not be there anymore. Those same safety nets that caught them and helped boost them back up to be contributing members of society.