I think it’s kinda true that poverty is psychologically sustained in the US, if we allow that making very cold choices (let mom die some years sooner and in wor

I think it’s kinda true that poverty is psychologically sustained in the US, if we allow that making very cold choices (let mom die some years sooner and in worse conditions; let a son or cousin rot in jail rather than paying for expensive rehab required for release; let your nephew go to foster care rather than stepping in to help; that kind of thing) is psychology, of a kind, and discounting disability or nigh-disability. Though that’s already a lot of caveats. I think it’s far less-true that not-poverty is sustained by psychology. That is, a fair proportion of the not-poor would remain poor if placed in the circumstances of poverty. This suggests that removing or relieving the circumstances of poverty might also work, at least for some set of those in poverty, even if it is indeed largely (within some substantial boundaries) sustained by a kind of psychology.