Comment by ponector
6 days ago
Humanity is enormously rich. Compare to the state of humanity 200y ago. Pretty much everyone was struggling to survive, to get food and some heat.
Nowadays even the poorest countries are not starving, unless there is a war going on.
You’re demonstrating the problem of averages. While what you are saying might be true on average, it doesn’t negate the point being made, which is that millions of people continue to struggle to survive and live without adequate food, heat, water, healthcare, etc.
Also, there are multiple wars going on across the world that are making the problem even worse.
No, really, there are fewer famines. The UN, who defined poverty in terms of basic necessities, had to review their definition because how do you make UN survive if there weren’t enough poor populations in scope.
yeah but what's it worth if our riches in 2025 are lent from the future with no way to pay back? That's climate change.
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Even in the supposedly richest countries a lot of people are starving, homeless or otherwise immiserated.