The term "poverty" has been redefined in the last generation or two of public discourse to incorporate the ideas of equality and stratification. It is impossible to deny that the lowest, lower, and middle class citizens in the West are better off today than they were fifty years ago, much less centuries ago. However, while quality of life is improving across the board for all citizens in the West, the rate at which it is improving for the upper class is outpacing the rate at which it is improving for those below the upper class. This is what individuals and movements have latched on to. The irony is this:
They are condemning the upper class for upper class greed, when the only reason for condemnation is due to envy and jealousy (not a subpar quality of life).
