Things have gotten better and progress has been made from times past, it just seems worse now because we have more access to information. We’ve come far, and have further to go!

  • @UnderpantsWeevil
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    41 year ago

    Over the last 20 years, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has almost been cut in half

    If you quote this people will applaud gleefully, but if you ask “Which countries have been the most successful at eliminating poverty” you get called a bot.

    • @droans
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      41 year ago

      Of course it’s mostly going to be in Asia and Africa since that’s where the largest concentration of people in extreme poverty was.

      Less than 0.25% of the US lives in extreme poverty; even bringing it to zero won’t make a large dent in the global numbers.

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        21 year ago

        Of course it’s mostly going to be in Asia and Africa since that’s where the largest concentration of people in extreme poverty was.

        There’s no shortage of poverty in Latin America and Africa. However, the states that outperform their peers tend to be the ones westerners hate. Bolivia, South Africa, Burkina Faso…