For 99% of the questions of "Why does it work like that in the US?" the answer is "racism". But this one has a nice overlap with the dominant US religion, which teaches its followers that being poor is a sin and poor people should be punished. Yes, even if you're a child.
Racism or religion doesn't really explain this? Or maybe it does but I'm missing the connection.
In Australia 90% of kids brought a sandwich to eat, from home. Some kids were given some money to order lunch from a cafeteria occasionally, but no one did that every day. We probably got to do that 5 or 6 times in 10 years.
If you didn't have money it was not possible to borrow or accrue a debt.
We don't let kids go hungry either, but there are other machanisms to resolve that.
19 Comments
Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip · 48 pts · 190d
First reaction that the kid is dealing drugs and needs to be investigated is pretty on brand for schools.
Bosht@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 190d
Trillions in taxes collected and we can't afford to feed kids at school. War machine go brrrrrrr tho!!
zout@fedia.io · 11 pts · 190d
More like trillions in debt acquired. Taxing is socialism.
themaninblack@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d
And also we can apparently afford to arrest and imprison
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 13 pts · 190d
So was he expelled?
jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 146d
Of course. The child is stealing profits from the school.
kubica@fedia.io · 10 pts · 190d
Some will consider that an even more serious offense.
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 190d
And yet, this page exists: https://legalclarity.org/when-is-feeding-the-homeless-considered-illegal/
fizzle@quokk.au · 9 pts · 190d
Why vis lunch so contentious in the US? Why do people have lunch debt?
We have poor people in other countries too. They don't get free lunches, but it doesn't seem to be such a contentious issue.
Fitzsimmons@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 85d
For 99% of the questions of "Why does it work like that in the US?" the answer is "racism". But this one has a nice overlap with the dominant US religion, which teaches its followers that being poor is a sin and poor people should be punished. Yes, even if you're a child.
fizzle@quokk.au · 1 pts · 84d
Racism or religion doesn't really explain this? Or maybe it does but I'm missing the connection.
In Australia 90% of kids brought a sandwich to eat, from home. Some kids were given some money to order lunch from a cafeteria occasionally, but no one did that every day. We probably got to do that 5 or 6 times in 10 years.
If you didn't have money it was not possible to borrow or accrue a debt.
We don't let kids go hungry either, but there are other machanisms to resolve that.
Ugo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 190d
And with Nutella, treating his peers well!
FatVegan@leminal.space · 9 pts · 190d
Palm oil and sugar. The breakfast of champions
Lembot_0006@programming.dev · -16 pts · 190d
Nutella? Nestle? On the gallows that piece of shit: it would be better if he distributed cocaine.
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 190d
Nutella is owned by Ferrero, not Nestlé. Still an environmental catastrophe but somewhat morally less bankrupt.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 190d
Dude can feed their hungry friend whatever brand they wanted, virtue signalling feed no one.
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 190d
Cocaine dealers in my area are usually not accused of virtue signalling.
JustJack23@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 190d
I can't imagine this is not sarcasm.
To say buying nestle, even tho Nutella is not owned by nestle, is worse than leaving children to stay hungry is just....
Lembot_0006@programming.dev · -7 pts · 190d
Isn't cocaine dumbs feeling of hunger?