> mm. if we are going by anecdata, my dad grew up in Europe in latter 20th century and they could not afford shoes or electricity. his siblings were put up for

> mm. if we are going by anecdata, my dad grew up in Europe in latter 20th century and they could not afford shoes or electricity. his siblings were put up for adoption. things have certainly changed, but that is intense material deprivation relative to latter 20th century US. Take a tour of rural Alabama or Appalachia today and you will see plenty of extreme poverty like that. We have a whole industry of NGOs and bin manufacturers [1] just to supply them with used clothes and shoes, massive subsidies to provide them with internet and electricity, and so on. Once you get out of the big cities, especially in "fly over" states, the poverty in the US can be downright staggering. [1] https://d2jald4mo73t7v.cloudfront.net/banners/_1200x630_crop_center-center_82_none/Bin-Photo.jpg https://d2jald4mo73t7v.cloudfront.net/banners/_1200x630_crop...