Fear of failure is a useful social motivator. In rich societies that does't have to mean biological poverty. When I lived in a urban poor neighborhood I had o

Fear of failure is a useful social motivator. In rich societies that does't have to mean biological poverty. When I lived in a urban poor neighborhood I had one neighbor who drove a asphalt truck while the other was on benefits and drank on the porch all day. As an external observer there was little material difference in their standard of living.