You contrast "lazy poor" (that support the status quo) with "busy poor" (of which one in a million manages to leave the poor class). The quote contrasts "known

You contrast "lazy poor" (that support the status quo) with "busy poor" (of which one in a million manages to leave the poor class). The quote contrasts "known poor" (exploited proletariat) with "delusional poor" (temporarily embarrased millionaires). Those are orthogonal: there are enough temporarily embarrased millionaires out there that will never "make it" while self-aware exploited proles can be quite the force.