In all, what’s the benefit of accumulating bitcoin if the process makes you unable to afford your basic needs today?
That is why you need not to go above what is available for you to use and invest. Not being able to afford your basic needs is as good as not having a source of income because if you do, instead of you not to afford your basic needs it will be better to pause your investment pending when you have been able to get enough funds or increase your source of income such that you can be able to afford your needs and still left with discretionary income to continue investing with.
It’s same thing Building wealth == escaping poverty

or what exactly are you building the wealth for?
Actually they are not, when we talk about building wealth it has to do with having an asset that you can always get income from and when you focus on building wealth you are looking way above things that are average. Escaping poverty has to do with surviving, being able to afford feeding and other basic things, this isn't wealth it's just survival. How long can you continue being in survival mode when you can actually build wealth through this means. Escaping poverty seems too basic for those investing in Bitcoin for a long Term.
I disagree with you on this, when you are able to build wealth haven't you escaped poverty? And when you escape poverty it means you have also built wealth and you will no longer become poor, so it's just vice versa.