> And any of us are susceptible to behaving this way if we become poor. Any of us would behave the same way if we were born and raised poor. But becoming poor

> And any of us are susceptible to behaving this way if we become poor. Any of us would behave the same way if we were born and raised poor. But becoming poor is different. It doesn't strip away all the culture and education your family already possesses. This happens all the time for immigrants. Plenty of families come to the US with almost zero assets. But the ones who have the benefit of education and a culture of aspiration don't stay poor, and their children vastly outperform the intergenerational poor.