I know many people who complain about migrants “faking their conditions” or “getting bribed by biden” because they have a smartphone which they can only imagine is an iPhone. Like if you don’t have have a polka dot sack tied to a stick and wearing plastic bottle sandals and using Nokia flip phones, you’re not struggling. But funny enough, if you live inside your car that’s fully licensed and registered, then they’re unable to make the connection that the person is not so far from our own financial situation.
I had to sit there and explain to them the concept of prepaid phones and how there are a billion android phones available with 3 cameras, face unlock, capable of shitty mobile games, and so on starting from $5 to $300. Not everything is a $1000 iPhone 20 XL. And despite this, their final thoughts are “ok, but still the democrats are bribing them.”
there are more people with access to phones than access to adequate housing or plumbing. in my life i’ve seen people that have phones and their “house” is a shack made out of cinder blocks, mud and galvanized iron sheets with no plumbing and stolen electricity. i’ve seen illegal immigrants with 10 kids living in construction sites being paid below minimum wage with phones.
these people just don’t know what poverty is like so they take their own life, and just remove all the parts that feel “luxurious” to them. ask them “well how can a poor person better their situation?” and you realize quickly they’ve got no fucking clue what they’re talking about.
