Wealth and poverty seem to be controlled more by the government as well as modern society rather than individually constructed. First off, just because someone is labeled as hard working does not automatically make them rich. Some of the hardest workers people are labeled as a blue-collar worker, not ample amounts of money, but live an honest life. The idea of poverty has been created by society to label those with little wealth. With this being said, the amount of effort put into one's work may have little to no effect on the income one receives, therefore proving that poverty as well as other social classes were formed based on numbers and relativity of the rest of society. Inequality seems to play a huge role in the creation and continuation
