Are the poor people lazy?

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If people actually read (and understood) my topic, you will find that I _DO NOT_ say poor people are lazy when it comes to WORK ETHIC.

What I DO say is that when it comes to voting and public debate, poor people are lazy, and often outright stupid where they have to defend themselves.

For instance, there are more poor people in the U.S. and EU than there are rich and upper-middle class people. Add to that, the vast amount of people dependent on public welfare programs.

Then how come the political parties for the rich and upper-middle classes ALWAYS wins the election, with Greece being the ONLY example in the Western democratic world having a far-left government?

Poor people should vote far-left if they want to improve their situation. But they don't. Often, they don't even vote at all.

Here in Denmark, poor people vote Danish People's Party who CLAIM to protect the weak and elderly and unemployed. But throughout history, they have shown quite the opposite.

Yet the DPP are now Denmarks second largest political party - after the Social-Democrats who also do everything they can, to improve the conditions of the rich and middle-class voters, not the poor voters. The Social-democrats actually continously and systematically attack the poor people when they are in office.

Either poor people vote populist parties, or they stay at home and don't vote at all. That's a sorry fact of life.

That's lazy stupidity in a nutshell.

I am amongst those considered poor and/or weak, but I won't say I'm lazy, at least not when it comes to politics. It is quite obvious to me that The Red-Green far left party is my only choice. It's been so for many years. And I ALWAYS vote, and I ALWAYS participate in public discussions, like this.

Why don't everybody else in a similar situation as mine, do the same as I do?

If all poor Americans voted for what is best for them, at the up-coming U.S. Election, Bernie Sanders and many other "left-wingers" would dominate the U.S. Congress and Senate. Which is good for the Poor Americans and the world in general.

Sorry, yes I'm lazy when it comes to politics. I hate politicians. And I can't be bothered to pay much attention because I think they are all crooks. I hate both major parties. If I start to pay attention to politics, I get so upset that people are such jerks, that I can't stand it. So I refuse to participate. It is honestly a refusal to deal with extreme emotional distress at the "evilness" of mankind.

Some people see the wisdom in not tilting at windmills when they have limited tilting resources. It's highly likely that not one single person will be swayed by logic or emotional appeal to change their political opinion.

Many people do not think that poor people should be listened to or considered a valid authority on their own life experience. They attribute a number of characteristics to the poor: stupidity, laziness, greed, sexual promiscuity, disease, lack of culture, and so on. Why would you listen to a person who you believe is a bad person, a habitual liar that wants to exploit you for welfare? You wouldn't. Poor people know how they're seen.

So to be clear, OP, you're thread should be more something like "why are poor people not more politically active", is that right?

Laziness and involvement in politics are different issues. People can have a disinterest in politics for many reasons outside of laziness. While that can be one reason, it's not the only one.

ANYONE can end up becoming poor or homeless not matter how motivated they are. Believing they are completely at fault for their situation is absolutely sickening.

The government can't or more likely won't help poor people, but they always have money for war and killing. The very thought of that makes my skin break out.

Obviously a stupid question. Most poor people work 2 or 3 jobs. There has been a huge transfer of wealth from those that create value to those that don't. The country's wealth has been transferred from the working class to the gambling class (Wall Street etc).

The middle class has been pushed into poverty by the leisure class (Wall Street etc). We need to take back our country from the parasites (Hedge fund managers etc) that ruined our economy and have contributed NOTHING of value.

Those middle class people that insult the poor are sheeple. They have been trained like circus animals. Instead of attacking those that ripped them off, they attack a scapegoat (the poor) provided by those that ripped them off.

Plenty of lazy rich people.If you have a fat trust fund you can lay on the beach and drink margaritas all day,have people iron your clothes,cook your meals,etc....Very easy to be lazy.
Then there are people that work hard all day at low income jobs.Poverty is all they know.No time to be lazy.
Some are poor becuse they can't work,no choice in the matter.
Sure there are some poor that don't work becuse they are happy just getting by on handouts.Maybe not that many,it's not really fun to be poor.

Hey, I am poor, unemployed and not lazy. I really want to work because the worst thing about unemployment is boredom, which leads to depression. Some employers don't want to hire me because I am disabled but other positions are normally taken because there are better qualified people. I might end up having to go back to school to become a librarian though.