“Making sure no one is poor in the future” -who could argue with that?
If poverty is defined as “not having much money” you might think the solution is to make everyone have enough money so they don’t suffer.
I trust that approach a lot less than I trust the idea of eliminating the suffering so nobody, not even people with empty bank accounts has to endure it.
It’s similar to what politicians are dog-whistling when they talk about pumping up the “middle class”. Accept this frame, and the poor can go fuck themselves, it’s only the rich and middle class who have a seat at the table.
This is the lannguage of a confidence game.
