I also think poor people are mostly awful and largely responsible for their own plight. I'm a socialist but mostly because I think people are too stupid to live their own lives. They need the government to keep them from falling into outright squalor.
Interesting point of view. I can't say that I agree with any of it, but he strikes me as very well informed. He may also be having you on, or adopting an on-line persona with a rigid set of opinions in order to explore sensitive questions. This mode of approach isn't entirely irregular on this forum.
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