在美国这样的“丰裕社会”中,贫困问题不仅仍未得到解决,而且丰裕本身就演化成贫穷的社会和政治条件。在过去的岁月中,通过自己的政治参与,富人们使国家实行了有利于自己的经济政策。同时,他们对穷人的境遇要么漠然置之,要么就用各种方式将贫富分化的状况合理化。作者认为,要解决贫困问题就必须依靠穷人自身的政治觉醒,穷人应该更积极地参与政治,通过选票改善自身状况。 In an “affluent society” like the United States, not only has the problem of poverty still unresolved, but abundance itself has evolved into poor social and political conditions. In the past years, through their own political participation, the rich have enabled the country to implement its own economic policies. At the same time, they are either indifferent to the realities of the poor or use various means to rationalize the polarization between the rich and the poor. The author believes that in order to solve the poverty problem, we must rely on the poor’s own political awakening. The poor should participate more actively in politics and improve their own conditions through votes.