A discussion about socio-economic disparity, growing up in poverty, traveling in circuses in Southern Chile, and identifying with the working class in Chile.

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Speaker and others discuss the socio-economic disparity, expressing confusion about why people don't notice it and agreeing that the description sounds like Indiana: -SpeakerA: Yeah, yeah. -SpeakerB: Um, and so- Sounds Indiana. -SpeakerA: What? -SpeakerB: Oh, yeah. -SpeakerA: Sounds like Indiana. -SpeakerB: Absolutely. -SpeakerA: I mean, it sounds like I don't know why people don't notice it. -SpeakerB: I think they just think that it's, like, "Well, I could be rich too," but the odds are against you.

Yeah, yeah. Um, and so- Sounds Indiana. What? Oh, yeah. Sounds like Indiana. Absolutely. I mean, it sounds like I don't know why people don't notice it. I think they just think that it's, like, "Well, I could be rich too," but the odds are against you.

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An unnamed girl's experience growing up in poverty is described, highlighting the harsh realities of not having basic necessities: -Anyway, so she grew up and it was kinda in your face. -Poverty's in your face. -When you don't have running water and when you don't have electricity, it's in your face. -When you're hungry, it- it's in your face. -She grew up, she was, uh, poor.

Anyway, so she grew up and it was kinda in your face. Poverty's in your face. When you don't have running water and when you don't have electricity, it's in your face. When you're hungry, it- it's in your face. She grew up, she was, uh, poor.

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The unnamed girl's travels in circuses throughout Southern Chile after her father's death are described, noting her early development as a musician and artist: -She, uh, traveled. -At 1 point Her father dies when she's, like, in her early teens, and she ends up traveling in these, in these circuses throughout Southern Chile with her family or with her, with her s- siblings, you know, 'cause that's how you, how you get fed. -And she's, she's an amazing musician and amazing artist from when she's very young, and she's really a circus artist to begin with.

She, uh, traveled. At 1 point Her father dies when she's, like, in her early teens, and she ends up traveling in these, in these circuses throughout Southern Chile with her family or with her, with her s- siblings, you know, 'cause that's how you, how you get fed. And she's, she's an amazing musician and amazing artist from when she's very young, and she's really a circus artist to begin with.

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The unnamed girl's identification with 'el pueblo' (the working class) in class-conscious Chile is discussed, emphasizing that her interests were not aligned with the rich: -Um, but anyway, so she always, always felt that she was on the side of el pueblo. -And el pueblo in, in a class-conscious country like Chile where, you know, her people organized as workers, el pueblo meant the working people. -It didn't mean the rich, right? -Like, that was quite obvious to people that your interests weren't exactly the same as the rich. -In fact, they were probably the opposite.

Um, but anyway, so she always, always felt that she was on the side of el pueblo. And el pueblo in, in a class-conscious country like Chile where, you know, her people organized as workers, el pueblo meant the working people. It didn't mean the rich, right? Like, that was quite obvious to people that your interests weren't exactly the same as the rich. In fact, they were probably the opposite.

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