alt Hacker Newscan a poor person not disconnect in the same way? I think plenty already do without meaning too, lots of tech-illiterate truck drivers and construction workers with flip phones.
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Poor people suffer from political conflict more directly, enduring the abysmal policies coming from the top in a very concrete way.
As with all addictive goods, the evidence will show that socio-economic factors influence the degree of psychological healthy/unhealthy or growth focused use of a medium/substance.
Smart phones are ubiquitous, and influencer is a key path for many to try and move out of their economic bracket.
Technically you don't even need a flip phone to disconnect from the media and the news. Plenty of people have smartphone but choose not to care about what happens in the world, at least what we have no say in it.
Although if I was American, I think I'd be pretty interested (worried) in what my country is becoming under Trump presidency.
But then, until the elections there is not much one can do.
Are construction workers and truck drivers all poor today? They could have flip phones by choice rather than necessity.