Have you ever found yourself watching reruns of a Court TV show centered around a seemingly innocuous dispute between two parties, only to be blindsided by a sudden diatribe on a sociopolitical issue tied to poverty? The judge offers a pseudo-intellectual perspective infused with pro-capitalism, the prosperity gospel, toxic positivity, and an additional layer of pseudo-religious underpinning. Bonus points if the narrative portrays poverty as an individual failing, culminating in the unironic imposition of an additional financial burden in the form of a judgment.