Its a thread.
State of mind does not give economic capital.
Enabling environment, progressive government policies, circumstances of birth can give the economic capital that gets people out of poverty.
Most poor people lack the above and it hurts.
It is nothing but a blame the victim strategy of the rich to make themselves feel they worked hard enough to escape poverty while the poor are lazy.
If poverty is a state of mind, why do government always campaign with pulling people out of poverty but never talks about the welfare of their minds?
No social contact or economic capital to lift them out of poverty.
It's an insult to tell them that their poverty is a state of their minds.
Poor healthcare & education...
Judiciary ceased to be the last hope of the common man...
Forget getting out of poverty.
The fault lies squarely on the government; not on the notion that poverty is a state of mind.
It takes capital to bribe to get good paying jobs.
The poor people who can't afford the capital cannot change the odds with any state of mind.
They need scholarships.
Who points a poor person to banks to get loans or contract awarding institutions?
Can state of mind give you recommendations letters?
Weaponised hunger is used to keep the poor poor.
But before you tell the poor ones that poverty is a state of mind, remember that there are people who are smarter & more hardworking than you who didn't make it out of poverty.
It's a circle you can break out of if you work hard, stay focused and the grace of God showers on you.
And yes! Some people did next to nothing to break out of poverty.
Some never gave a thought to being rich but they left poverty behind.