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Readers revisit Vimes' Boots theory of poverty
Original: Captain Vimes boot theory......yep. # Discworld # Pratchett # Reading # Books
Readers are sharing Terry Pratchett's famous 'Vimes Boots theory' from his Discworld novels, in which Captain Samuel Vimes explains how poverty is expensive: cheap boots wear out faster, so the poor end up paying more over time. The observation, delivered with Pratchett's characteristic wit, keeps resonating as a sharp commentary on the real cost of being poor.
Why now: The theory remains a widely quoted, still-relevant explanation of economic inequality that readers keep passing around.
Terry PratchettSamuel VimesDiscworld
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- Captain Vimes boot theory......yep. # Discworld # Pratchett # Reading # Books · NerdyPaul@cupoftea.social · 6
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