Why Should I Have Any Sympathy For Poor People Who Do Such Stupid Things?

In Kenya poor people have just elected a war criminal as president.
In the UK poor people are borrowing money they can’t afford to pay back from loan sharks having babies they can’t afford and living whole lives on the dole.
In Africa many of them would rather rob a tourist than shine their shoes for 30p.
Do these people deserve sympathy?
THEY DO NOT!