If you blame the less fortunate for their misfortune, you can lie to yourself that it can never happen to you. Welfare? You would never need it because it is on

If you blame the less fortunate for their misfortune, you can lie to yourself that it can never happen to you. Welfare? You would never need it because it is only the lazy stupid people who would rather mooch off others than do anything to better their lives would ever become so poor to need welfare. Accepting that people can fall into poverty through no fault of their own is a crushing reality, as one would also have to accept that it can happen to them at any moment. Many choose to believe the comfortable lie rather than the uncomfortable truth.