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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by cornholio on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:20PM (#16017178)
On the other hand, the wages of 700 million Chinese workers has trebled in the last decade.
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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by oblio on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @03:58PM (#16017976)
And humanity, as a whole, will probably reap a ton of long term benefits from it. I doubt there's much solace in this thought for someone being fired because of it, though.

(Personally I don't mind a bit of hardship if it helps everyone, but I understand not everyone can be frugal or that some people can be just plain unlucky)

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Re:World's richest 500 see their wealth increase by $1T this... by aalleavitch on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @04:03PM (#16018013)
It's also a lot harder to swallow when you're hungry and someone out there is making enough to feed 100 of you.
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