Not sure this is a good posture regardless. First, I'll note that a lot of poor people IRL have just as much "social conscience" than other people, especially

Not sure this is a good posture regardless. First, I'll note that a lot of poor people IRL have just as much "social conscience" than other people, especially politically. Poor people vote based on the whole range of issues that everyone else votes on. Second, the "i've got my own problems go away" response is applicable to everything, including poverty. The older these tropes get, the less thoughtfully they are used.