>>713166108Poverty is a natural consequence of civilization and organization (which are both natural consequences of the invention of farming). To have a society that works, you need someone who tells other to do work, and who has more. If you have someone who has more, you have someone who has less. When someone who has less cannot earn more, her is poor.
This, more or less at the same time, happens very quickly all around the world in 10,000 BC. Sedentary lifestyle, farming, hierarchy, money, poverty. When we all lived in caves none were poor. Poverty, like money, was invented by civilization.
I don't think it's a very salient criticism, as civilization sure invented poverty, but also things like... you know, written language. Or food. Or you know, civilization. It's a very inane point.
Excessive poverty is something else, but we aren't talking about excessive poverty right now.