poverRelated: abundant, scarcity, need Poverty internal: scarcity Poverty external: profit Consumer control defends against poverty. Profit as user investment grows abundant. Natural Poverty is true scarcity enforced by Laws of Nature. Some needs are inescapable. Organizing users is difficult. Political Poverty is artificial scarcity enforced by hoarding. Housing costs are enforced by taxing improvements. Low wages are enforced by disallowing access to machines and creativity. Production is halted to increase profit.