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If poverty is simply a transient condition that one might shed at any moment, then the reasons to invest in protecting the dignity of the poor may seem less compelling. This explanation intersects with arguments that the individualistic nature of American culture leads to a puzzling gap in our rights framework. The individualist narrative also assumes poverty is a transitory condition because it is a result of individual - not collective - choices that can be changed based on simple acts of will…Therefore, the more important question is why the United States has stubbornly clung to an impractical and unrealistic notion of individualism that does not reflect the reality of modern life.
“Drawing Lines in the Sand: Building Economic and Social Rights Norms in the United States” by Cathy Albisa, Human Rights in the United States: Beyond Exceptionalism1 note-
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