SF tech bro: ‘I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle, despair of homeless’

Re:SF tech bro: ‘I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle,... by vkou on Thursday February 18, 2016 @01:08PM (#11127819)

If you completely ignore purchasing power, you can make up any statistics about income you want.

~50% of the world's population has a negative, or a zero net worth - I guess the homeless person with two dollars in his pocket is better off then a janitor who owns an underwater house, or a freshly graduated doctor.

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Re:SF tech bro: ‘I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle,... by qrendel on Thursday February 18, 2016 @02:28PM (#11128563)

Across all goods, purchasing power is still lower for the median worker in an impoverished country compared to the median western worker. Look at the price of all goods you can afford (healthcare, electronics, etc), not just a few specific items like food and rent. Many of those may not even be available in the poorer country at any realistic price.

That aside, an equivalent USD wage will still provide for more people in a poor country than in a rich one.

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