Poverty rat

A broke ass bitch

Tommy: if you have that kid he’ll use all your money!

Jason: What?

Tommy: Kids are expensive, you’ll be a dirty fucking poverty rat

by Your real name321 June 25, 2022

Poverty Rationalization

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.

by Abzugal February 8, 2026