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Re:Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come... by SomeOldThrow on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @04:34PM (#20218094)
As I said, marginal improvements are used to justify ruthless exploitation.
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Re:Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come... by beat on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @04:46PM (#20218224)
I have a hard time thinking of the 20x improvement in Egypt or the 100x improvement in China (or similar gains elsewhere) as "marginal improvements". We're talking orders of magnitude improvements in standard of living over the course of a couple of generations.

I don't know what you're expecting. Someone snaps their fingers and everything is magically "fair"?

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