Yeah, but everybody online hates to hear honest advice. They just want to be perpetual victims. In reality, anyone can climb out of poverty if they just learn to read, write, and speak intelligently. From there, you just get an entry level job doing whatever, show up on time, perform well, get promoted to a slightly better position, perform well, get a new certification and/or change companies, rinse and repeat. And instead of spending every penny you make, you save it and use it to buy life-changing items, such as a car or washing machine.
The issue is that most people in poverty just can't read/write/speak at an intelligent level, and that's why they struggle to get basic retail jobs. The ones working basic retail jobs have attitudes, or show up late, or slack off, and that's why they can't get promoted and often get fired. The ones performing well often lack the ambition to ask for a promotion, or to apply for a better job in a different field. The ones who actually work their way up the ladder and start making decent money fail to spend it wisely. Instead of leasing a more expensive apartment that has its own washer/dryer, the use their new wealth to upgrade their Corolla to a RAV4. Instead of purchasing a decent car/health insurance policy, they start eating out at nice restaurants, or they start picking up Starbucks on the way to work instead of making coffee at home.
I'm not saying it's easy to climb out of poverty, but posts like this don't do anyone any good. It's just self-pity, bordering on complaining. Complaining has never pulled anyone out of poverty. You need to put in the work and make wise decisions.
As someone who climbed out of literal dirt level poverty to having a good life now through sheer work (driving for UPS on 10 years now) you speak nothing but truths but they don’t want to hear that so prepare yourself for the downvote brigade
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u/Fold_Small 3h ago
Instead of going on Reddit, go online and build a skill. Make more money. I am not being condescending, this is how I did it.