[formulathree]

>"It's easy to hate the rich. But do you have the courage to hate the poor?"

The majority of the population is not rich and the answer to this question/quotation is self mostly self evident to the same majority of the population.

[Dalewyn]

I got taken for a ride back when the "Occupy Wall Street" movement was all the rage about 15 years ago. Hate on the 1%! We are the 99%! We are the poor! Hate on the rich for making us poor! Fuck capitalism! Fuck big corpo!

Yeah, it was very easy to hate on them alright. Felt good, even, at least in the immediate wake. But you know what? Nothing changed, obviously because hating on the rich isn't actually doing anything constructive. Sure, I felt good about myself, but the problems were still there as evident as they always were. It didn't take long for me to realize I was being coaxed into chasing a carrot on a stick for the benefit of the powers that be.

I grew wiser from that experience, but it sure would have been nice if I didn't have to go through it and had a chance to gain that wisdom via more palatable means instead. Oh well, I wasn't wise so I had to go down that rocky path sooner or later.

Anyway, the question of the quoted passage is asking whether you're just virtue signaling to feel good about yourself while resolving none of the problems you complain about, or whether you're serious about fixing some bullshit in the world around you which will be uncomfortable, hard, and arduous.

Having the "courage to hate the poor" means having the courage to face very discomforting facts and the guts and will to really do something about the reality you take issue with. You're not taking the easy path of virtue signaling, you're going down the path of hellfire which might lead to a better world. Do you have that courage? That's the question being posed.