• brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    b/c life’s rough, bringing some… not exactly cheer but -

    Like a billion lifted outta poverty in this graph

    • conquer4@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      That is good, although I notice only Latin America got included out of the western hemisphere. (US is 11. 1.

      The 21st century seems like a repeat of the 20th. A terrorist attack sets off a world wide war, a global pandemic, an economic boom resulting in major crash, sufferage given to repressed minority groups, and the rise/popularity of far-right movements. But we are only up to the 20s, so expect in the future: -A long lasting economic depression due to deregulation and over-valuation of companies in the 20s, -Isolationism in the US -Economic issues in Russia due to war -Election and control of counties given to far right movements/dictators. Cap it off with a world wide war starting next decade where nuclear weapons will be used. (quarter to half billion dead).

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        5 days ago

        Economic issues in Russia due to war

        Now you say this as a prediction, buuuuuuut…you just described Russia’s whole existance for like…the past 1200 years.

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      5 days ago

      Don’t tell the people of Lemmy that capitalism and global trade are a large reason for the decline in overall poverty though.