• wscholermann
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    9 days ago

    As a child that met not quite all but most ACE criteria, I understand perfectly well your point of view. While the issue at hand seems small, all the problems that lead to this are not.

    Unfortunately the government reluctantly and sparingly offers social assistance mainly to stop a riots in the street from the disaffected, but mostly don’t GAF.

    The only hope I can give you is that you are still young and you’ve got time to turn things around.

    • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 days ago

      …you’ve got time to turn things around.

      This feels uncomfortably close to a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality… 😔

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        9 days ago

        Certainly wasn’t intended as such. You usually need help to turn things around and even more help is definitely needed if you aren’t at a great starting point. Was just saying that while it will take time they at least have time!!

        • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          9 days ago

          It’s just that you keep putting it on them, as if they need to be the one to “turn things around” when their rant was specifically about external systems prejudicing them. They can’t “turn around” AusPost’s decision to deny them the ability to redirect their mail?

          Basically, they are trying to ask these systems for help, and are being denied. So why put it on their shoulders? Why not be outraged that someone is falling through the gaps, through no fault of their own?

          I get that you have good intentions here, but I feel like you’re kind of missing the point in a big way…