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king_jester was talking about the poor. I doubt telling poor people to want it more badly is going to have a huge positive effect.

• ctdonath 13y ago
  Many poor are content with their condition, unwilling to take even basic steps to improve. Harsh as this sounds, and downvote-bait it seems, I've worked at helping the poor and found (to my dismay) most of them are in that condition because they refuse to choose to do better. Yes, they don't want it badly enough.
  • adeaver 13y ago
    And there are many that aren't. Don't make the mistake of assuming that just because a few are content that everyone in that position is.
  • jhaywood 13y ago
    Make sure you're not confusing resignation with contentment.
  • RBerenguel 13y ago
    I've seen lots of people complaining about not having money to pay the rent (or mortgage)/food/textbooks for kids but going on holidays (or skiing, or binge drinking) every possible moment. It's not general, there are lots of people making as best as they can with the resources they have. But there are also a lot of people who don't even try and just say they can't.