So, I'm told, did the French Revolution.
The difference is that our “poor” are fat. These people could stop eating and get by on reserves for a long time. The Arabs and French in example were in fact starving to death.
I don’t say that about “fat” flippantly. I’ve gotten by fine before without eating at all for two straight weeks (wasn’t fat, but did have enough to spare). I’ve eaten little for the last month (sore tooth) and am doing fine. One morbidly obese guy told a doctor (to wit “you can’t talk me out of it, so you may as well study me”) he was going to lose the fat by not eating at all for a YEAR - and did, with few effects.