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by proveanegative 12y ago
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- metaphorm 12y agoyou have a lot more work to do to establish that "the poor are not worse off in absolute terms". to conclude that you would have to take into account cost of living, inflation, quality of their (local, regional, and national) community, quality of their living situation, access to quality education, access to quality medical care, ability to meaningfully participant in civic life and governance, level of political participation and enfranchisement, and the impact of law enforcement and the criminal justice system. and that's hardly a comprehensive list, just a few things off the top of my head. in other words, you really have no ability whatever to make judgments about the wellbeing (or lack thereof) of the poor if the only thing you're looking at is GDP (thats what your pizza pie metaphor represents, right?). that is a grossly inadequate measurement and drawing conclusions about the wellbeing of millions of people based on it is misinformed.
- proveanegative 12y agoYou are right. I take back my comment.