Usury

Watch out or I’ll give you to the dogs of poverty.

That sounds like a threat. It’s not very nice. (ao)

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”

Mother Teresa

That’s true. Loneliness can be a very difficult thing to overcome. (ao)

AI Created: Artificial Intelligence talking about Usury.

Me: In whose benefit does poverty as a threat work?

ChatGPT (jan23):

Poverty as a threat often works in the benefit of those in positions of power and wealth, as it can be used to exploit and control vulnerable populations. This can include employers using the threat of poverty to pay low wages or deny benefits to workers, landlords using it to charge high rent or exploit tenants, and lenders using it to charge high interest rates and fees on loans. In many cases, those who benefit from poverty as a threat are able to accumulate more wealth and power, while those who are threatened by poverty are left struggling to survive.

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Extra:

Philosophical and religious concepts and ideas related to poverty.

There are many different philosophical and religious concepts related to poverty. Some of these include the idea of helping the poor, the idea of charity and compassion, the idea of stewardship and responsibility, and the idea of the spiritual significance of poverty. (ao)

Wikipedia:

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_trap
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_unemployment

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Books:

1. “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” by Paulo Freire
2. “Development as Freedom” by Amartya Sen
3. “The Shock Doctrine” by Naomi Klein
4. “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Piketty
5. “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond

Documentaries:

1. “Poverty, Inc.”
2. “The End of Poverty?”
3. “Inequality for All”
4. “The Price We Pay”
5. “Living on One Dollar”

Movies:

1. “Slumdog Millionaire”
2. “The Pursuit of Happyness”
3. “The Florida Project”
4. “Parasite”
5. “The Grapes of Wrath”

Series:

1. “When They See Us”
2. “Unbelievable”
3. “The Wire”
4. “Breaking Bad”
5. “Mr. Robot”

Songs:

1. “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell
2. “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” by Cage the Elephant
3. “Living in the Promiseland” by Willie Nelson
4. “Where Is the Love?” by The Black Eyed Peas
5. “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman

Artworks:

1. “The Poor” by Pablo Picasso
2. “Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange
3. “The Gleaners” by Jean-Francois Millet
4. “The Potato Eaters” by Vincent van Gogh
5. “The Scream” by Edvard Munch

Podcasts:

1. “The Hidden Brain” by Shankar Vedantam
2. “Code Switch” by NPR
3. “The Ezra Klein Show” by Vox
4. “Freakonomics Radio” by Stephen J. Dubner
5. “On Being” by Krista Tippett

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