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

• dartharva 3y ago
  Well that has never not been true.
  • amrocha 3y ago
    I'd like to aim for something better than "just as bad as always"
    • dartharva 3y ago
      You can't escape it, however emotional it might make you. Society cannot exist without social hierarchy.
      • amrocha 3y ago
        You know what they say about the divine power of kings and everything
• martindbp 3y ago
  https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/dataviz-remake-fall-extreme-poverty-best-news-world https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/dataviz-remake-fall-ext...
  • amrocha 3y ago
    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 3y ago
      You can check any source you'd like, poverty is way down.
      • amrocha 3y ago
        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 3y ago
  There has never been a better time to be poor.
  • amrocha 3y ago
    How about you give it a try and let me know how it goes
    • HDThoreaun 3y ago
      Being poor sucks. But it's a hell of a lot better than it used to be. And it's getting better every year.