This was more interesting and nuanced than I was expecting, but, as hinted in the title (dirt-poor _ish_) the author is not really describing poverty (experienc

This was more interesting and nuanced than I was expecting, but, as hinted in the title (dirt-poor _ish_) the author is not really describing poverty (experienced by billions of actual people in the world) but some other condition of stepping aside from the race of contemporary society onto a kind of cozy government supported lifestyle cushion. It's funny because this seems to be the ideal state of a lot of futurists but in reality most people seem to keep working harder for less for the benefit of a few lottery winners.