Are poor people just working for mere survival or with the hopes of living a better life far beyond what they can ever comprehend?
Poor people are working for survival first.
After they attain some level of survival where they don't worry about money, food, shelter, clothing, they now move to the other level of pursing their goals and living a comfortable life. A poor person can turn their lives around with the right mindset and surrounding themselves with the right people. Because there are poor people who have gone from being poor to wealth, it shows that it is possible and can be done.
The point is very clear! As point by Aphakilo say mindset!!!
This (mindset) I believe is the key differences between the rich and the poor, the poor and the poor, Likewise the rich and the rich.
Some rich becomes poor at times based on their mind approaches to their assets or belongings. Some are rich (living beyond just survival) based on some forms of advantages which is supposed to be a bedrock to generational wealth even But should this a opportunity stop so there riches!
Some uncertainty (uncontrollable event) has made somany rich poor and poor people poorer!! This does not in any way undermine the key differences which is the mindset which has been proven since human existence.
Some poor remains poor based on mindset. Only for little sustainables to show up they now want to be like you know!!
However some poor will not forget to project for adequate survival ventures by savings or other methods.
This makes some rich people poor and some poor people rich as has always been revealed by time/the nearest future.
The mindset affects absolutely at least an excellent % of every day response to life to talk of the future