Normalizing Poverty in America: Living a Decent, Dignified Life is Now a Luxury Most Cannot Afford

We’re already stretched too thin and living on the edge of disaster in a broken society that’s ready to collapse — we simply can’t cut back any more.

Erik Blair
4 min readSep 5, 2022

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Photo by Steve Knutson on Unsplash

The adage of the Middle Class turns out to be nearly impossible to achieve for most people after the 80s. And the American Dream has been a fairytale told to unsuspecting kids to keep them working hard for other people all their lives. But we’re WAY BEYOND that now. Middle Class…American Dream… how about clean drinking water, shelter and healthy food, please!

The American Standard of Living has declined purposely into Third-World status as part of a century-long effort to take advantage of the population for economic reasons. Let’s call it what it is — ‘economic slavery’.

Why? Because those in power are still fond of the concept of slavery and weren’t happy that ever ended in the first place.

The American Standard of Living has declined purposely into Third-World status as part of a century-long effort to take advantage of the population for economic reasons…

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