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Re:I was a useful idiot for capitalism by HKH2 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @05:54PM (#34087465)
You're talking about absolute poverty and they're talking about relative poverty.
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Re:I was a useful idiot for capitalism by objetovoador on Thursday December 22, 2022 @03:19PM (#34098097)
In many culture war debates there's a consistent theme of ignoring and/or discounting absolute figures and monomaniacally focusing on relative figures.
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Re:I was a useful idiot for capitalism by marketerinland on Monday December 26, 2022 @02:44AM (#34135629)
‘The poor getting poorer’ refers to absolute poverty.
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