I think that the "$2.15 a day" figure is very deceiving. A huge proportion of people around the world live largely without engaging with the currency system at

I think that the "$2.15 a day" figure is very deceiving. A huge proportion of people around the world live largely without engaging with the currency system at all, so how much money they have is almost irrelevant to their life. They have enough shelter and food and fulfillment from an established way of life that does not include money. So to say that they are in poverty because they don't use it shows at best an ignorance of the diversity of valid and functional lifestyles and cultures.