It is the indulgence of human reason, and the ability to act on it, which constitutes one of the principal pleasures of human life. Where this is denied, you find frustration, depression, anxiety, and misery in human beings. Denial of reason is, at its root, denial of humanity. And here you find where it comes back to poverty. Poverty reduces human beings to a sub-animal level of existence.
Wild animals are capable of fending for themselves.
Before I go further, I'm not saying the impoverished are subhuman, and therefore not deserving, in the style of Victorian Social Darwinists. The impoverished in our society are in a limbo of misery and deprivation which cannot ultimately be resolved in the confines of capitalist society. But the poor, while held in the confines of society, aren't permitted to reap the benefits of the association. In fact, their very life is drained from them in this unjust social arrangement. The poor are caught in a trap of forever having to wonder where their next meal is coming from, or whether they'll be evicted and exposed to the elements.