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The common notion that extreme poverty is the “natural” condition of humanity and only declined with the rise of capitalism rests on income data that do not adequately capture access to essential goods.•
Data on real wages suggests that, historically, extreme poverty was uncommon and arose primarily during periods of severe social and economic dislocation, particularly under colonialism.•
The rise of capitalism from the long 16th century onward is associated with a decline in wages to below subsistence, a deterioration in human stature, and an upturn in premature mortality.•
In parts of South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, wages and/or height have still not recovered.•
Where progress has occurred, significant improvements in human welfare began only around the 20th century. These gains coincide with the rise of anti-colonial and socialist political movements.I know that this won't happen because :us-foreign-policy: but what if the crumbling american empire extracts more and more resources out of its core vassals in europe in its desperate bid to cling to hegemony and the europeans get this treatment as more and more of their wealth gets siphoned off
See, that was my expectation. Cause I work alongside a lot of Burmese dudes, and they're like anywhere from a couple heads shorter than me to full-on half my height; and I'm maybe a little taller than average, but by no means exceptional. So I figured stunting had to be the answer there.
It really highlights the shallow understanding of poverty many have.
Someone go post this to r/neoliberal and ask why they hate the global poor.
please use nitter instead of twitter. i know i can just change the url but nitter is way better
Other thing is it seems faster for me than Twitter, at least when it’s working.
Genuinely not sure if I've Never Been Sent a Nitter Link When It Was Working, or if you're full of crap, but I have to switch to Twitter Proper anytime I want a video to buffer
the video player is weird but it seems to work for me. You have to like click on the "load hls" button and wait for it to load then click play.
"Gentlemen, we have no choice but to abandon capitalism"
sigh :sadness:
