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Re:Giraffes Added to the Endangered Species List (2016) by lifeformed on Friday March 30, 2018 @03:40PM (#16719177)
But living conditions have drastically improved over recent decades for 90% of the population. What makes you think things have peaked now?

Also, capitalism would greatly benefit from improved economic conditions around the world.

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Re:Giraffes Added to the Endangered Species List (2016) by rory096 on Friday March 30, 2018 @01:56PM (#16718305)
>You really think you can improve the living standards for 90%+ of the world population?

Yes? Why would that not be possible?

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Re:Giraffes Added to the Endangered Species List (2016) by rory096 on Friday March 30, 2018 @03:51PM (#16719270)
If you're referring to the 2016 ILO report[0][1], that was a short-term trend partially attributable to the refugee influx. Overall, global poverty has been on a steep downward trend for decades.

[0] http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcom...

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/19/poverty-increasing-in-develo...

[2] https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty

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