wandering stars

Misery policing means that poor people must constantly defend themselves when it comes to everything they own and every place they go. Having any kind of technology seems to place someone in the ‘not poor’ category and that means that poor people with technology are forced to walk a fine line. They can freely admit that technology is part of their lives and they are yes, actually poor, and deal with the constant hassling from people who refuse to accept this and think it is their job to micromanage the lives of others. Or they can attempt to conceal their use of technology, which is personally inhibiting and perpetuates the myth that poor people are all alone in a desert with no method of communicating or familiarity with technology.