I don't want to trivialize what the author is feeling, but when the conclusion they draw is...

> Because they have never been poor, they had no idea what I might do. Why would I steal, when everyone clearly has enough? What even is scarcity? Why drink yourself to death tonight when there’s another sponsored event a week from now? Why eat like there will never be enough, when there has always been more than enough?

...I think it's worth discussing whether they may have misidentified the real root cause.