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Um, excuse me, the FULL name is the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness.
I'm a bit of an authority on it myself. Sammies are still taking the theory to every corner of the Disc.
And isn't the point of the theory that poor people are mostly locked into buying poor quality things and being trapped in that loop, and it's not something they choose to "do to themselves" as OP put it?
OP does say in their description that the poor are forced into this situation. It's a little clumsy in wording but I don't see any blame attached.
I was just directly quoting the book in which the theory is originally expressed
Fellow Sam!! There are dozens of us! (That’s right, named after my Lad, Sir Sam)
Sam me lad, say hello to Keel next time you are him
Bless you, sir; I’ll have my finest Lilacs on.
How they do rise up
…. They rise arse up, arse up, arse up…
Thank you all for being here lol
I came to the comments hoping to see these references :P