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The standard of living has increased seven-fold in the past century. As a result, the definition of "poverty" is no longer homeless people starving to death, bu
by Darmani 19y ago
The standard of living has increased seven-fold in the past century. As a result, the definition of "poverty" is no longer homeless people starving to death, but a family living in a small house who own a car, TV set, and other "luxuries." Yeah, I think capitalism has done a lot to "take care" of people.
And actually, the incentives to "subsidize" the disadvantage have always been there (why do middle-class atheists give to charity?), but that gets into sociobiology.
- mynameishere 19y agoI am defining "take care" as "subsidize". No, capitalism doesn't "take care" of anybody, and if it did, it wouldn't work.
- Darmani 19y agoI'd be very surprised if Bill was using the same definition. It's usually not a good idea to mix different definitions of a word.
- mynameishere 19y agoI know. To quote myself: Maybe something was lost in the translation from reportee [ie Bill] to reporter
- ajju 19y agoThat's the definition of poverty in the U.S. For the poor in Asia and Africa poverty still means not getting two square meals a day and sometimes starving to death.
- Darmani 19y agoYes, of course. Uncoincidentally, most of Asia and Africa are not very capitalistic