Poverty is hereditary just like power, stupidity, and haemorrhoids.

Fiston Mwanza Mujila
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The problem with the quote, "Poverty is hereditary just like power, stupidity, and haemorrhoids," is that many people don’t know what it means. The author was talking about a time in history, back in the 1800s, when there was a lot of poverty in Britain. He saw how it could be passed down from generation to generation. But he also compared this to things that were not so bad.

He compared poverty to power and stupidity to haemorrhoids. He was saying that you can get rid of the one thing you have inherited from your ancestors, but not the other two things.

Source: Tram 83

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