the entire theory is killed off by the inclusion of Chris Rock in the beginning. Rock is a successful entertainer who came from nothing. Yet through hard work and good fortune, he is now a wealthy person with an amazing lifestyle.
I bet any one of us can think of ten people off the top of our heads that went from nothing to middle class upper middle class or outright wealthy.
We also have to remember that even poor people in America constitute the upper 1% of all mankind in lifestyle. Our poor are fat, cable watching, I-phone using, car drivers with three tv’s, two cars and no chance of starving to death.
Which probably included many freepers. Most people, unless their parents give them a very good nest egg or inheritance, start off at zero dollars. There's three choices....stay at zero, go less than zero or increase wealth.