Like some people have lived in poverty for a long time.

For example me. Nowadays my income is much less than the minimum wage.

The question now is, how long can we really keep waiting?

I am waiting since 28 years. It will be 29 years on 2021.09.17.
I probably have a few more decades (most likely approximately a half century) on Earth, then I will go to another place. Hopefully a much better place than planet Earth.