Poverty is a moral failure, not a systemic issue


Agree

  • Personal responsibility determines most outcomes
  • Countless immigrants arrive poor and succeed
  • Bad choices perpetuate poverty cycles
  • Welfare enables continued poor decision-making

Disagree

  • Ignores structural barriers and discrimination
  • Born circumstances massively affect opportunities
  • Blaming victims is cruel and ignorant
  • Economic mobility data disproves this completely

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