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Re:What’s it like to live on less than $2 a day? by peteretep on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:05AM (#20901898)
The achievement is ... Mao died?
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Re:What’s it like to live on less than $2 a day? by H8crilA on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:10AM (#20901916)
And probably Deng Xiaoping's re-architecture of China.

Still, what caused the advance does not diminish the success of humanity. Progress is progress.

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Re:What’s it like to live on less than $2 a day? by hutzlibu on Sunday September 08, 2019 @07:29PM (#20914045)
"Progress is progress. "

It is? Don't you think, there can also be progress in the wrong direction?

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Re:What’s it like to live on less than $2 a day? by luckylion on Saturday September 07, 2019 @01:37AM (#20902006)
Wouldn't "bad leader dies, next one has better economic policies" make the situation improve by a lot in most poor places?
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Re:What’s it like to live on less than $2 a day? by imtringued on Saturday September 07, 2019 @05:01AM (#20902663)
Yes and this is not exclusive to developing countries either.
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