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Originally Posted by CDSmith
Yes, in a roundabout way yes you did. You think the people in your rural area are too stupid to get themselves a better life, you are angry that the federal government hasn't come in and saved them from poverty, and you think their only salvation will be for Quebec to separate so your people can have some sort of imagined chance at this better life you seek for them.
That's basically what you've been saying here.
Face it, you are a hypocrite.
And your above example is flawed as well. If your example guy "jean" were to apply for welfare in Montreal, then find one of the many government-funded Employment re-training/job re-entry programs available, he could get some education, even get his GED through those programs, FOR FREE, and then he would stand a real shot at getting a job. Those programs even have some small funds available to help people in other ways, like buying them some clothes to go on job interviews, transportation money, food allowances etc.
The opportunity is there for the taking, and that's just one example. How do I know this? Because years ago after my back injury I myself found and joined a job re-entry program. That's where I first learned how to turn a computer on and work the key thingies and click the interweb. That was back in '96, and since '99 I've been working for myself from home.
Where there's a will there's a way.
Stop crying about how much harder it is out your way. There are hard luck stories everywhere, and for every one there is another who climbed themselves out of the pit and became productive if not successful.
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I based the above example on an actual person. (Whom I know personally) And for a 4th year social psychology course I wrote several papers on the subject. I covered both the aspects of the rural person and of those involved in the social mechanisms designed to aide them.
Before getting involved in porn and before my ex-husband I worked for the ontario woman's directorate. (Yes I am aware of the irony, etc. ) I was part of several initiatives to document the plight of impoverished refugee women in canada.
One of the biggest problemes facing them is the dis-belief they face from mainstream society. Society wants to believe that they are always in complete control of their situation and that with diligence, effort and hard work they can change their lives for the better.
In the real world..... It doesn't always happen like that.
And it isn't their fault because they are wiling to do everything and anything.
You see, this is a case of you are choosing to believe what you want and justify your decision that everyone can control what happens in their lives. Because believing otherwise fractures your reality and threatens the anchor points of your paradigm.
As such you would be forced to admit to yourself that you are not in control of every aspect of your life and can be subjected to events that you niether desire nor comprehend.