3 ms·
> I think you should replace “available for the masses” with available “to the middle classes” which may seem the same to the average HN reader but not the aver
by brigandish 4y ago
> I think you should replace “available for the masses” with available “to the middle classes” which may seem the same to the average HN reader but not the average inhabitant of our planet
The statistics simply don't back you up, as not only do the middle classes make up the vast majority of people on the planet now, but those coming from poverty into the middle class is increasing. The much missed Hans Rosling goes through it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JiYcV_mg6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JiYcV_mg6A