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Are poor people more prone to staying poor because they have become complacent? Or maybe because they are just not aware of the greater things in life since they have never experienced it ever? As opposed to someone who grew up rich but later on in life became poor, since he has experienced what it is to have a better life maybe he will be more motivated to get there.
Are poor people just working for mere survival or with the hopes of living a better life far beyond what they can ever comprehend?
Lack of opportunities. That's one reason why the poor remains poor, but nowadays, there are many ways for these poor people to grab those opportunities. I don't think that they're just complacent because there's nothing to be complacent for at first place.
Also, poor people remain poor because of lack of knowledge on how to have a better life, and this is the reason why I always wanted our government to have at least a course or at least subject with regards to financial literacy in school so that students whether they're poor or rich will know how to handle their finances because let's face it. Poor money handling is also one reason why they remain poor.
There might be poor people who're just working just to survive, but there are some poor people who still have a dream of having a better life that's why they're doing everything that they can just to achieve those dreams.