Yes, no need to get excited about things beyond our control. All we can do is be aware.
Piracy however, is not about whether or not people can afford the software. If it were, how would you account for people building websites apecifically to pirate software that they themselves will never use, or people who pirate everything they find out there, and then put it back online for others to get? No, it's much more about being the bad boy, notoriety, and bucking the system.
There are those of course who only download a program now and then that they really want, many even buying that program afterwards, but those are few and don't represent piracy in the broad sense.
Brian.
Brian.
EDIT: The secong instance of "Brian" may the early stages of "sometimers disease".