Not to diminish your experience, but you are an exception. Most poor people stay poor, no matter how hard they work. And most poor people prefer free food over

Not to diminish your experience, but you are an exception. Most poor people stay poor, no matter how hard they work. And most poor people prefer free food over no food. You are right that most would prefer a dignified job and agency over their lives, but to say that people prefer to starve than to accept aid, or that it is just fine as a matter of policy to let people starve (or die of diarrhea as hundreds of indian children do each day as they don't have access to clean water) is just absurd. No one wants to watch their children die. Again, i dont doubt your lived experience, but please do reflect on your views and whether they even remotely reflect reality.