the_dunk_tank

I'd argue it's not the intelligence being reduced and that people from poverty tend to have higher intelligence as they literally have to solve more and more complex issues to survive, however, when you're forced to fight to survive, you enter a survival mentality and all decisions are made as if they could impact your survival, therefore potentially too rash. But then again, one topic seldom if ever discussed, is how poor people frequently don't have a choice. I'm medical debt ridden (no, not USAian), had to drop out of university, because not only did work schedule work hours during my university time, hiring me specifically as a student, but I'd have no money left for food after paying for housing at the end of the month and had no time to study nor attend lectures with the work hours. When privileged people tell me I just had to study hard I legitimately have strong, intrusive thoughts to strangle them. Currently, I literally cannot move out of my place to move anywhere else and I don't think I'll be able to. My salary is so low I may be running at a deficit. All my savings were melted by the ridiculous amount of downpayment on the rental and on top of that I'm expected to renovate the rental before handing it over, so I'd need renovation money, new deposit, new monthly payment and then moving costs to be able to move. I cannot even have my own medical debt in my name, because the banks say I cannot afford it, even though I've been paying it for years. My family was poor, but both of my parents are landlords now, thanks to being born back when housing was affordable. My childhood 20 sqr meters home was bought for 20 thousands. Apparently they could get over 150k for it now. The system is absolutely broken. Any person acting like an elitist, because they were privileged to be able to get a degree deserve to get bricked imho.