The set of beliefs that attribute systemic, structural economic deprivation to the moral, cultural, or intellectual failings of the poor themselves. It uses anecdotes of exceptional escape ("pull yourself up by your bootstraps") or pseudo-scientific theories about intelligence and work ethic to rationalize inequality as a natural and fair outcome.
Example: Blaming poverty on a "culture of dependency" or poor financial choices like buying smartphones. This poverty rationalization ignores structural factors like wage stagnation, discriminatory policies, and capital concentration. It transforms an economic outcome of systemic design into a character judgment, protecting the system from critique.
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the odor you smell from your friend after you ask him to go out for lunch or drinks and he makes an excuse for not being there , but really he is just being a broke ass nigga
i knew from two hours ago that id smell that poverty smell from you, just say youre a broke ass nigga
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