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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by refurb on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:46AM (#13479268)
people living below the poverty line - US is 36th out of 162 countries, behind Morocco and Albania

You do realize how ridiculous that stat looks right?

Are you arguing the poor are worse off in the US than in Morocco?

And let me guess, the poverty stat is excluding income transfers?

I swear to god politics has gotten even nuttier in the US than it has been. And it was nutty before! Facts don't matter, crushing your opponent matters. Truth be damned!

*Speaking as an American.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by jeffgreco on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:53AM (#13479310)
People living below the poverty line seems to be discussing # of people, not their quality of life. Whatever study this is presumably controls for poverty line country-by-country.

So: sure, ridiculous if you came to the stat looking for "worse off," I guess?

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by refurb on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:03AM (#13479355)
and for people living below the poverty line - US is 36th out of 162 countries, behind Morocco and Albania.

What else could that comment be claiming? It wouldn't really make much sense if the claim was "more people live under the poverty line in the US than Morocco, but they are among the most wealthy people in the world."

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by Sharlin on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @06:15AM (#13480471)
It does if it's wealth distribution one is interested in and not absolute wealth. Large wealth/income disparity within a country is a bad thing in several ways.
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