What we call “poor” is above the median for most of the planet. Our poor live better than the average person on earth. Our poor are the first, in the history of mankind, to have obesity as their greatest heath risk. And finally, most of our poorest are going to always be is desperate circumstances due to mental health issues and their own actions (especially addictions). We give houses away to the homeless and most are homeless again within months.
What we call “poor” is above the median for most of the planet.
In Russia they have real poor, that do not see meat for months at a time, that do not have electricity, that live in tiny huts.