Poverty can also be freedom
In Stone Age Economics Marshall Sahlins writes:
We are inclined to think of hunters and gatherers as poor because they don’t have anything; perhaps better to think of them for that reason as free. “Their extremely limited material possessions relieve them of all cares with regard to daily necessities and permit them to enjoy life” (Gusinde, 1961, p. 1).
He also points out that having tools is worse than knowing how to make them from what is at hand, since tools I have but can't make are a burden — I have to guard them, care for them, carry them with me when I move.