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well yeah there used to be a concept of "noblesse obligee" which basically means "from everybody according to their abilities" - in the aristocrat context, it means that the higher-ups should care about their people because they can afford to, not because they're forced to. it was no always implemented, of course, but the concept was there.
noblesse oblige* (which means literally "nobility obliges"). And the idea is that as a noble, you should behave with nobility, which includes caring for the people you hold power over, and generally the poors.
But people abiding by this concept would probably have seen nothing wrong with the fact that some people are born into poverty, with someone lording over them, and that it was basically impossible for them to ever become nobles. So, not quite "from everybody according to their abilities" , imo.