I think your experience is probably better expressed as: Poverty != Freedom (Or rather, being dirt poor can get in the way of the good life.) Most people in

I think your experience is probably better expressed as: Poverty != Freedom (Or rather, being dirt poor can get in the way of the good life.) Most people in Western countries are not forced to borrow shampoo. If you are scraping around for basic needs than obviously your life choices are limited, but you don't need loads of money to move beyond this point.