I'm definitely not rich. Not by a long shot. I might not be poor, but compared to the rich, I'm very poor.
I feel like, insane statements like "nobody will work if they don't earn money from it" or similar drivel is entirely derived from the rich asshole capitalists own minds. What they mean to say is that they wouldn't, and can't imagine anyone would want to work if not for the accumulation of wealth. They lack imagination.
The key differentiator is that us (relative) poors need to work to live. If we didn't need to work to live, many still would, simply to help others. I certainly would.