Sheril Kirshenbaum on Nostr: In 1969, Kurt Vonnegut offered this sharp and still remarkably timely critique of ...
In 1969, Kurt Vonnegut offered this sharp and still remarkably timely critique of American attitudes toward poverty through the voice of Howard W. Campbell Jr. in Slaughterhouse-Five.
The belief that anyone can become wealthy encourages people experiencing poverty to blame themselves rather than question the economic and social structures that shape their circumstances. #books
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