• FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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    8 months ago

    right after the report showing India having worse inequality than during the colonial era.

    Edit:

    If you make $350/month in China you are in the bottom 23%.

    If you make $350/month in India you are in the top 35%.

    https://wid.world/income-comparator/

    Another one, hunger index:

    https://www.globalhungerindex.org/ranking.html

    India is 111th, China is <20th (next to all the developed countries).

    edit 2:

    India especially since 2014 has taken the neoliberal austerity kool-aid and cut almost all the welfare expenditure.

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      right after the report showing India having worse inequality than during the colonial era.

      I predict incredibly awful people using this to engage in colonial apologia

      • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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        8 months ago

        Monarchists be like: this is why we should reinstate the rights of kings y'all!!!

        • Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them]
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          8 months ago

          We should make me the king so I can rule as an enlightened despot. My first act shall be to outlaw people taller than me.