How support was designed to deter people from needing it.
Help was made humiliating on purpose.
The workhouse system was built around deterrence. Conditions had to be harsh enough that people would avoid asking for help unless desperate.
This logic still echoes when modern support systems are confusing, humiliating, delayed or hostile by design.
Awareverse names this clearly. A system that makes help hard to access is not neutral.
When looking at workhouse logic, ask: who had power, who was being labelled, and what would have changed if the human being had been seen first?