They’re not interested in helping the poor, they’re interested in using the poor as an excuse to line their own pockets. In a society based on economic equality, someone has to decide who gets what. The “deciders” get wealth and power without measure. Libs aim to be the deciders.
That explains the George Soros-type libs - they have power and influence; but how do you explain the idiot junior-college professor-types? They're not going to decide jack. They'll be eating tree-bark like the rest of us proles. What's in it for them?
The powerful ones aim to be deciders. The sheeple are lazy drones who can’t think for themselves.