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"USA is very rich but also terribly poor. Living in the USA you see poorer people than anywhere else in a western society. And poverty is rising enormously." W
by cfontes 12y ago
"USA is very rich but also terribly poor. Living in the USA you see poorer people than anywhere else in a western society. And poverty is rising enormously."
WHAT ??? Have you been to central/south america?
No matter how bad it is in the US right now, Bolivia/Haiti/Brazil/Venezuela/Paraguay/... has people that is in worst situations by all standards you can think.
- solaris152000 12y agoThey are not 'Western' Societies.
- T-hawk 12y agoThere's some no-true-Scotsman going on there. If one defines anywhere with more poverty than the US as not western, then by definition the US will have the most poverty of western societies.
- jjoonathan 12y agoOne does not have to play with definitions to make this look bad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility#mediaviewer/File:Social_mobility_is_lower_in_more_unequal_countries.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility#mediaviewer/Fil...
- vilhelm_s 12y agoThey are, according to many definitions of "Western". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world#Modern_definitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world#Modern_definitio...