Andy Warhol was a system fucker, not a sociologist. That's a clever comment, but it does not frame this picture in any way. I think you aren't quite aware of

Andy Warhol was a system fucker, not a sociologist. That's a clever comment, but it does not frame this picture in any way. I think you aren't quite aware of what American poverty is, nor the message this article is trying to propagate. It's not someone making 50k that is suffering, its someone making 12k and trying to support more than just themselves. They are making this income working multiple, minimum wage jobs and they have no recourse. It's a single mother with 3 kids who can't parent them because she works 14 hours a day. The kids grow up fatherless. Their role models are selling them sex, drugs and murder. Video games are their passion, not learning or educational development. This cycle repeats itself over generations. The poor have some semblance of a roof, cheap fast food and entertainment and that is enough to make them complacent. To them, demanding better education, other options than minimum wage jobs, health care, or other social safety-net benefits aren't even arguments they can fathom to make.