> I've known several individuals more affluent than myself whose lives, at least in my estimation, are much more difficult. What are you talking about? This gu

> I've known several individuals more affluent than myself whose lives, at least in my estimation, are much more difficult. What are you talking about? This guy takes the false and insulting stance that poor are so because they're lazy (implying they somehow deserve it, somewhat further implying that there is some immanent justice in this world). We should carefully, as usual, avoid anecdotes and concentrate on general trends. The overall figure is that poor people don't choose to be poor, and that they would live better if they weren't. The people who got rich chosed their fate, the fact that they're happy with it or not is largely irrelevant here. That's the difference between being alienated / exploited, or not. These problems are of different scales and call for different remedies.