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Absolutely agree, having a single worldwide standard would put ALL US residents in the 'wealthy' category when compared to places like Haiti.
by bd_at_rivenhill 13y ago
Absolutely agree, having a single worldwide standard would put ALL US residents in the 'wealthy' category when compared to places like Haiti.
- ctdonath 13y agoI'll agree there. Haitians, on the whole, are indeed objectively poor: given the limited land to work with, the large & growing population, and the high cost of import/export infrastructure, there just isn't enough resources to support residents. This vs the USA, where there is enough resources, and the best answer to poverty in most cases is MOVE to where there are sufficient opportunity & resources (like the Dakotas, where even mundane jobs pay very well because they can't get enough people to do the work needed to facilitate extracting wealth from natural resources).