What Makes Being Poor in The United States Suck?

[Dusk]

sc94597 said:

Dusk said:
It's a capitalistic society that values things and money above almost everything else. If you are poor, you are treated like crap. It's all about the monetary worth of someone and the worth of what they own. It's more of a culture thing.

This is ridiculous. There are so many other things Americans care about than things and money, not that these joys in life are bad thing. Additionally, one of the merits of the U.S is that social class doesn't exist to the extent of economic class. Doctors and waiters can be best friends, and often are. So I don't know where you got the impression the poor are treated like crap. Also can you name me a first world country that doesn't incorporate capitalist modes of production?

Americans as people yes. As a culture and social system, not so much. That's what it's based on. 

Just because someone is a waiter, it doesn't make them poor. Just because someone is a Doctor, it doesn't make them rich. 

I'm talking poor. Below poverty. That of course has its merit in different parts of the country as well and with how much the classes vary can be a factor too. I'm not American, but I have traveled through much of the US and from my personal experiences, that is what I saw. It's how people were treated, how they were looked at. People that lived in poor parts of areas weren't treated well. 

China. Of course the use of first, second, third world countries isn't really used anymore. China has becomes the worlds largest economy.