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The point is to get a sense of progress or not. It only creates a sense of progress if there actually is some. The alternative is the silly measures of "povert
by milesrout 2y ago
The point is to get a sense of progress or not. It only creates a sense of progress if there actually is some.
The alternative is the silly measures of "poverty" we use in the first world which are mathematically unachieveable by design so they can always be used to justify measures politicians want to pass: "won't you think of the child poverty you heartless monster" etc.
- aylmao 2y ago> The alternative is the silly measures of "poverty" we use in the first world which are mathematically unachievable by design so they can always be used to justify measures politicians want to pass: "won't you think of the child poverty you heartless monster" etc. No, I disagree. The alternative, as the original comment said, is to measure access to calories, nutrition, or other metrics like prevalence of starvation, access to shelter, access to sanitation, prevalence of certain health issues, etc. Measuring poverty via the international poverty line has often been criticized [1][2][3]. [1]: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337335330_A_critique_of_the_Income_Poverty_Line_and_Global_Multidimensional_Poverty_Index https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337335330_A_critiqu... [2]: https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2021/3/28/extreme-poverty-isnt-natural-it-is-created https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2021/3/28/extreme-poverty-i... [3]: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/8/21/exposing-the-great-poverty-reduction-lie/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/8/21/exposing-the-gr...
- Neonlicht 2y agohttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rk5d7ekjmo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rk5d7ekjmo I found this article interesting. Personally I think starvation is a very low bar to clear. What matters to the first world is whether or not India has a middle class that is able to buy stuff.