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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by BeamBrain@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

In related news, I am staying at my parents' for the holiday and they watch a lot of bad TV

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[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

One of the formats I really hate is "let's laugh of people in debt" where the actors have fucked up personal finances due to irresponsible spending but then, when the grown up experts intervenes, scolds them for being stupid, makes a budget for them and forces them to sell their motorcycle/caravan/other expensive luxury item things are going to be fine. None of the actors are poor, they are just really bad with money but that format has completely muddled the public perception of what poverty is. It is right wing propaganda spreading the lie that "financial trouble" is a question of individual responsibility and morals.

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