> Today, America's poor have a better quality of life than medieval kings. Humans are social animals, and kings are at the absolute top of the social hierarchy

> Today, America's poor have a better quality of life than medieval kings. Humans are social animals, and kings are at the absolute top of the social hierarchy. They had immense power. Poor people have very little power in comparison. This has an immense effect on their experience in the world. Most poor people in the US face a variety of real hardships. Your comment seems quite tone deaf to this reality.