• I_Voxgaard [comrade/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    "Yet liberalism has also dragged more than a billion people out of poverty in the past three decades and, in many cases, promoted political freedom along with economic freedom. The alternatives, historically speaking, have been wretched."

    Citations fucking needed

    edit: this fucking rag - look at the graphic for GDP divided as free/partially free/not free. "Come on Mexico don't you want us to refer to you as a free nation? Just be a good colony again..."

    edit 2: I can't finish it, it's just so nakedly biased. "Serpents".

      • CoolerOpposide [none/use name]
        ·
        2 years ago

        Not to mention the millions that counted as exiting poverty that were only in poverty in the first place because of the disastrous and illegal dissolution of the USSR

        • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
          ·
          2 years ago

          It bolsters the point, if you take China out of the consideration, there’s actually been an increase in poverty and polarization of qualities of life and I imagine a lot of those people were/are part of it.

          • Fartbutt420 [he/him]
            ·
            2 years ago

            Fuck I really need to remember this point, it's such an easy burn when it comes up

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      "dragged more than a billion people out of poverty"

      The "dragged" there seems Freudian, considering the colonial regimes and their ground enforcement policies.

    • theother2020 [comrade/them, she/her]
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      2 years ago

      The alternatives, historically speaking, have been wretched.”

      This is what all the most reasonable people I know say. Some famous person once said capitalism sucks but it sucks the least.