Think about it.  If you&#x27;ve got nothing and few prospects to ever have anything then why even care?<p>You might as well get some bit of happiness from something since everything else is awful.  People want to feel good.<p>Were you poor or just broke while you were young?  Poverty is far different from being in college and not making much.  Poverty is much different than being short on cash.  Poverty includes having limited options ahead of you and the prospect of always being poor.