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> This competitive nature is what has driven society forward and not kept us at just above subsistence agriculture. The UN estimates that around 500 million ho
by throwup238 11mo ago
> This competitive nature is what has driven society forward and not kept us at just above subsistence agriculture.
The UN estimates that around 500 million households or 2 billion people are still subsistence farmers. In 2025.
Fat lot of good competition has done them, especially when they don’t have enough surplus to participate in a market economy to begin with.
- pixl97 11mo agoI mean with our population increase in the last 100 years these numbers are showing a massive decrease in poverty with sub Saharan Africa holding the highest remaining areas of poverty.
- robotresearcher 11mo agoTheir children are far more likely to survive childhood than at any time in history.