&lt;People who grow up in poverty aren&#x27;t on that track and might not even have much agency (due to their circumstances, requirements to work young, entanglements with the law)&gt;<p>Why do you equate poverty with inevitable entanglements with the law?<p>In my experience, those of us who had to work (formally employed) young are <i>less</i> likely to have entanglements with the law, as one natural result of spending time working is having less idle time in which to get into trouble.