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Yeah, yeah, the neoliberal global order is falling apart and we all applaud. The fact that over the past 20 years it saw the largest reduction in global poverty
by bandrami 10y ago
Yeah, yeah, the neoliberal global order is falling apart and we all applaud. The fact that over the past 20 years it saw the largest reduction in global poverty and inequality in world history? Doesn't matter: it made middle class tech-savy people in industrialized countries feel slightly constrained, so we're cheering as it burns.
- clarkmoody 10y agoYeah, but the 20 years before that also saw the largest reduction in global poverty in history. And the 20 before that. Not sure what's burning though.
- bandrami 10y agoNot remotely true. Mid-70s to mid-90s saw a huge increase in global poverty. Mid-50s to mid-70s did too. The last really sustained decrease in poverty before that was the 1890s and 1900s.
- openasocket 10y agoDo you have a source for that? Quick Google search indicates the global poverty rate has been steadily decreasing.
- bandrami 10y agoThe rate kind of steadily decreased post WWII. But the numbers went up from 1950-1990, and then the absolute numbers of global poor dropped precipitously. This really is in many ways the best time to be alive in human history.
- SkyMarshal 10y ago>The fact that over the past 20 years it saw the largest reduction in global poverty and rise in inequality in world history? FTFY https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2015-01-19/richest-1-will-own-more-all-rest-2016 https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2015-01-19/...
- bandrami 10y agoNope. Your link did not contradict my statement.