The Virus Of Poverty Culture

Notice how she said that poverty is not simply the lack of money. It is an “emotional state” too; it is a culture, a culture with its own gravity field that traps people inside it. (...) poverty is a big obstacle to these kids’ advancement in life, but the bigger obstacle is emotional, psychological and cultural: the belief they have that they are largely powerless over their fate.

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-virus-of-poverty-culture/