Poor

Obviously people are dealt very different starting hands.

But still,  in general, why are there poor people?

This is just an exploratory note, but it seems that:

- Those who are satisfied with being poor stay that way

- Those who are not satisfied with being poor:

  - either work their way and become not-poor (usually 20~30 years is good enough), or

  - work hard but don't actually take/accept take the chances given to them to become not poor (surprisingly common in my experience -- is this due to a genuine lack of insight or a subconscious rejection?)

  - harm themselves by trying too hard via so called "greedy" ways (or more precisely, less-than-zero-sum methods), or

  - bicker and complain but don't do anything (this can arguably be categorized into the satisfied camp)

The real question is, are there exceptions to these case? I can't think of any, but I have access to so little empirical data.