Well, as someone from Russia and before that, Soviet Union, despite having the polar opposite message in propaganda, I've seen it again and again to be exactly

Well, as someone from Russia and before that, Soviet Union, despite having the polar opposite message in propaganda, I've seen it again and again to be exactly true. I haven't seen a single competent, able-bodied and hard-working man staying poor in my life. What I've seen though was a lot of laziness, entitlement and horrible work ethics.