• Makan
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    This is propaganda putting a “positive spin” on a negative story…

    • Muad'DibberOPMA
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      Ya, “poverty porn”, trying to turn these hellish stories about our incredibly dysfunctional late stage capitalist system as tales of personal perseverance and exceptionalism.

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      Yup. Unless articles about these tales use them to show how utterly broken the system is (which many do, mostly left leaning news outlets), I don’t want to read them.

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      It’s subtitled “Act of Kindness”. While it is that for sure, I cannot image the ghoulishness of the people who write shit like this. This incident is a tragedy and should be portrayed as such.

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        If you go on subreddits like r/upliftingnews it’s largely about these types of stories.

        It boggles the mind of anyone who lives in a country where there is welfare. There’s nothing inspiring or uplifting about someone spending their life savings to make life a bit less miserable for a while.