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Money- As A Social 'Essential' Not Mentioned.

Disambiguating Cynosure

Greetings, anyone. This another of those Things which, if I ever gained access to 'Social Media/Forums', I have wanted to ask to "The Public". Responses, Support, Counters, Serious or Light... I do not mind.

This is in two Parts:

Part 1 - Partaking of 'Society' nowadays, totally disregards Money. For example: We are all, Young and Old, forced to 'Do things Online'. But what is never mentioned is that to be 'Online' requires a Device and a Subscription. These things cost a LOT of money... but this is glossed over as "Just a Click Away!" and similar. Purchases, Devices, Accounts, Subscriptions, Apps... such Prerequisites are NEVER mentioned. Adverts may sell one or two of those mentioned things, but never the fact that they (the PRICE Of) are needed Altogether.

Part 2 - This second is a simple observation. How much is it TRUE that Those who work within the "National Infrastructure" - Essential Services - (Such as Doctor, Nurse, Police, Fire Rescue, CareWork, etc.) ... are paid Wayyy less, than Non-Essential Things, (Such as Politicians, Footballers, Actors, etc.)...?

(To simplify all of this, another example...: Who, why and what, would anyone take if forced to be stranded upon a very faraway Desert Island? A Mobile Phone and a Footballer, with no connections... Or a Toolkit and a Nurse, also with no connections...)

Thanks for Reading. I may not be able to Post so much lately, but I am still who I am, and I intend to stay seeking what - and whom - I seek.

:-)

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  • Before this fairly fickle Forum thoroughly forgets this Thread...(!) I did have one more thing which I wanted to ask, <> around the same subjects.
    This is about... well, when I see a "Beggar" upon the street or elsewhere.. sometimes I stand way off and watch them for a bit... and often they then take out a Mobile Phone and then check EMails or chat upon it...!
    This is another thing which I might like explained. If supposedly destitute, how come they can afford the Phone+Subscription+Electricity to do this? I know that some are "professional beggars" (...), but I do see this a lot anyway. Also "The Government", sort of, seems to have decided to count either Internet-Access and/or Mobile Phone Ownership, as a kind of indicator of Poverty or Wealth. Thus, when those sort of things happen, then "there is no poverty"...? People may use Food Banks, but as long as they have a TV/Mobile Phone... then, well "they are not Poor at all & everything is right with the World" as seen by the Government...

    Or something.

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  • Before this fairly fickle Forum thoroughly forgets this Thread...(!) I did have one more thing which I wanted to ask, <> around the same subjects.
    This is about... well, when I see a "Beggar" upon the street or elsewhere.. sometimes I stand way off and watch them for a bit... and often they then take out a Mobile Phone and then check EMails or chat upon it...!
    This is another thing which I might like explained. If supposedly destitute, how come they can afford the Phone+Subscription+Electricity to do this? I know that some are "professional beggars" (...), but I do see this a lot anyway. Also "The Government", sort of, seems to have decided to count either Internet-Access and/or Mobile Phone Ownership, as a kind of indicator of Poverty or Wealth. Thus, when those sort of things happen, then "there is no poverty"...? People may use Food Banks, but as long as they have a TV/Mobile Phone... then, well "they are not Poor at all & everything is right with the World" as seen by the Government...

    Or something.

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