Being poor is a state of mind – till your hungry. When I was little after my second week of Quahog chowder I began to wonder. Than I understood that my Dad could rake in the Quahogs for free and I began to understand.
Everyone was in the same situation when we were kids so, it didnt seem like we were poor til we got older, got jobs, some better than others, then we realized what life is all about!
The main difference is modern communication – somewhat with radio but definitely with TV. Before that, poverty was in well-isolated ghettos and those imprisoned thought it was the norm. It was when they learned better that the revolt began and police were used to physically put down the revolt. However, that just bottled it until the pressure made it explode. The raisin doesn’t remain in the sun any more.
swr: I don’t know what your fascination with sky color is. Around here, it is alternately blue and gray (historic colors!) with negligible rain and frackers using up most of the stored water. Granted, there were some revolts before mass communications, such as the Populists 1 1/4 centuries ago, but they had not only the Muckrakers, but a major network of newspapers with boilerplate (precast, one-piece columns) ready to insert with local-set type into the presses, plus traveling lecturers at a time of little other participatory entertainment..Personally, I have lived a middle-class life for 81 years, within 10% either side of the official poverty line. I could pull that off because of my, and my parents’ before me, education. Those in poverty today rarely have that ability. Even public education is devoted to making them push-outs, if unable to make them drop-outs. We must have a large number of unemployed to keep wages depressed. That may be why I got a total news blackout from the corporate media when I ran for state school board – name not even mentioned in lists of candidates except on the ballot itself.
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
Nice change of pace: Carmen telling her grandnephew instead of grandniece the family history.
Agent54 almost 10 years ago
Being poor is a state of mind – till your hungry. When I was little after my second week of Quahog chowder I began to wonder. Than I understood that my Dad could rake in the Quahogs for free and I began to understand.
Five boys almost 10 years ago
What are Quahogs?
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I see.
dzw3030 almost 10 years ago
I remember fried, mashed potato sandwiches with mustard & mayo.
She Mc almost 10 years ago
Everyone was in the same situation when we were kids so, it didnt seem like we were poor til we got older, got jobs, some better than others, then we realized what life is all about!
Bob. almost 10 years ago
I remember a bowl of rice with a bit of milk and sugar for Sunday dinner. That was the early 40s.
hippogriff almost 10 years ago
The main difference is modern communication – somewhat with radio but definitely with TV. Before that, poverty was in well-isolated ghettos and those imprisoned thought it was the norm. It was when they learned better that the revolt began and police were used to physically put down the revolt. However, that just bottled it until the pressure made it explode. The raisin doesn’t remain in the sun any more.
hippogriff almost 10 years ago
swr: I don’t know what your fascination with sky color is. Around here, it is alternately blue and gray (historic colors!) with negligible rain and frackers using up most of the stored water. Granted, there were some revolts before mass communications, such as the Populists 1 1/4 centuries ago, but they had not only the Muckrakers, but a major network of newspapers with boilerplate (precast, one-piece columns) ready to insert with local-set type into the presses, plus traveling lecturers at a time of little other participatory entertainment..Personally, I have lived a middle-class life for 81 years, within 10% either side of the official poverty line. I could pull that off because of my, and my parents’ before me, education. Those in poverty today rarely have that ability. Even public education is devoted to making them push-outs, if unable to make them drop-outs. We must have a large number of unemployed to keep wages depressed. That may be why I got a total news blackout from the corporate media when I ran for state school board – name not even mentioned in lists of candidates except on the ballot itself.