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[amrocha]

Unless you're poor, in which case you just die I guess

[martindbp → amrocha]

https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/dataviz-remake-fall-ext...

[amrocha → martindbp]

The world bank! That classic charitable organization that definitely does not make predatory loans to poor countries and force them to privatize their industries

[martindbp → amrocha]

You can check any source you'd like, poverty is way down.

[amrocha → martindbp]

1. Poverty is not a real statistic, it's an arbitrarily decided line

2. Nearly the entire reduction in poverty the last few decades has taken place in China

[HDThoreaun → amrocha]

There has never been a better time to be poor.

[amrocha → HDThoreaun]

How about you give it a try and let me know how it goes

[HDThoreaun → amrocha]

Being poor sucks. But it's a hell of a lot better than it used to be. And it's getting better every year.

[dartharva → amrocha]

Well that has never not been true.

[amrocha → dartharva]

I'd like to aim for something better than "just as bad as always"

[dartharva → amrocha]

You can't escape it, however emotional it might make you. Society cannot exist without social hierarchy.

[amrocha → dartharva]

You know what they say about the divine power of kings and everything