The pandemic is showing us the worst of ourselves: this is an empathy crisis.

A thread

No, poverty isn't a choice. Poverty is the absence of the right to choice.

"Bakit ba kasi kayo umaasa sa gobyerno," "ako nga dati," at iba pang hirit ng mga matapobre

"Financial literacy ang kailangan ng mga mahihirap to shift their mindsets"

Bago ~literacy, sustainance muna, no? Tigilan mo ko sa insurance pitch mo

Ah, the "paano naman kaming mga taxpayers" argument. My favorite

The ugly truth in the people we've become: we are more disgusted by the poor than poverty itself.