In this country (the US), your pure worth is what you're able to generate right now. If it is low or close to 0, you are worthless - refuse to be left for dead

In this country (the US), your pure worth is what you're able to generate right now. If it is low or close to 0, you are worthless - refuse to be left for dead, or hope some "church" has pity on you. The state sees you as a negative balance. The federal cares not. They realllly dont want to see money flowing from the state/federal down to the little guy. My mother in law, until she retired, had to tell elderly on assistance programs , "I'm sorry, but there isn't enough food or money for food this week." BTW, this is in Bloomington, IN. Not exactly a "shithole country". In reality, not much will or can be done until a massive social upheaval happens. At that junction, then yes we can fix these glaring wrongs. But the entrenched, gerrymandered, low-influence masses are stuck until that comes around. If.