I think your question assumes that poverty is somehow unnatural, as though the human animal is born with plenty and must be driven to poverty by some external f

I think your question assumes that poverty is somehow unnatural, as though the human animal is born with plenty and must be driven to poverty by some external force. But the masses have lived in poverty since the beginning of time,[0] because poverty is the state of nature. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something. [0] https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty#historical-poverty-around-the-world https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty#historical-povert...