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Re:Are we on the road to civilisation collapse? (2019) by marcusverus on Monday September 06, 2021 @04:20AM (#28431592)
GP is objectively correct. 200 years ago, ~95% of humans lived in extreme poverty. 100 years ago it was ~85%. Today only ~10% live in extreme poverty, and the number continues to fall.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty

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Re:Are we on the road to civilisation collapse? (2019) by esarbe on Monday September 06, 2021 @03:40PM (#28437188)
That doesn't change that fact that the ground is getting closer and closer and we're still accelerating.

We're burning the planet.

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