“Poverty is your miserable lot and don’t even question it.”

[Odessa Dawn]

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The people are being told, “Poverty is your miserable lot and don’t even question it.”

Does this mean that poverty is your fate and you reap what you sow as a result stop blaming others for your misery, so be it?

Thank you,
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[SoothingDave]

No. There is no sense that people deserve their lot.

 

[Odessa Dawn]

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Thank you, SoothingDave. Does this mean that you have to utter the word mea culpa? Or you have no right to say, why do I live in misery? You must live your miserable life as it is. Please, excuse my bad English.
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[SoothingDave]

It kind of depends on who is saying it. If it is being said by one's king, or dictator or feudal lord, then it is a person in authority telling you your place and is a threatening statement.