How can England possibly be running out of water?

Re:How can England possibly be running out of water? by oceanplexian on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @01:35PM (#45185435)

>People have this propagandized view that the "free market" (which isn't real) is responsible for innovation.

In the last century and a half, we went from candle light and horse and buggy, to the lowest level of global poverty in the last 5,000 years of recorded human history.

If capitalism wasn't responsible then what was?

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Re:How can England possibly be running out of water? by jmyeet on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @03:50PM (#45187776)

China is almost solely responsible for the reduction in global extreme poverty [1].

[1]: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/04/01/l...

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Re:How can England possibly be running out of water? by gerdesj on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @08:50PM (#45191683)

Please expand your thesis.

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