Sure, which is easy for us (here on HN) as we possess skills that are sought after. But even you have to realize that most people aren't in the same situation, nor in situations where they can just sit down and learn stuff like that. In addition, being poor tends to make you more poor, as everything is working against you. But it might be hard to sympathize with that reality unless you've experienced it yourself at one point in your life.
Life is wide, really really wide, and it's a shitty experience for large swaths of the population.
Life is wide, really really wide, and it's a shitty experience for large swaths of the population.