"Poverty is the natural state of humanity - we evolved from being apes and crawled out of jungles, caves, and forests, and have been fighting nonstop to improve

"Poverty is the natural state of humanity - we evolved from being apes and crawled out of jungles, caves, and forests, and have been fighting nonstop to improve our lot." Uh. You can only be poor if there's a monetary system in place however simplistic. Poverty and wealth are two sides of the same coin literally. EDIT: The flawed logic of viewpoint is even clearer when you consider "Are apes poor?". What could that possibly even mean?