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I'm sure they'll collapse any day now, NYT. Just you wait. Aaaaaany day now. :cope:
“China wasting money on poor people it could be using to build bombs”
Same shits saying China Construction Boom Unsustainable! for twenty years running.
I could totally understand if NYT tries to attack China by pretending that China is all talk and no action. I wouldn't believe it, but I would agree that it would be a bad thing if it were true. But the thing is, they're not even doing that. They're trying to say that the actual act of poverty eradication is bad, like holy shit
Also, that's probably the worst picture to pick because 80% of people are gonna see this and be like "That's a cool trike moving a Christmas tree"
The trouble with Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is that eventually you run out of poverty to eradicate
this but unironically. I want to know their next goal. Healthcare reform? Universal housing? China is leaving me with a cliffhanger here, I need to know
Poverty reduction isn't going to stop because poverty isn't an arbitrary benchmark. Eradicating extreme poverty is very good but China's threshold for extreme poverty is only a little higher than the World Bank's (roughly $2.30 per day in 2011 PPP), it's enough to get by with the bare essentials but far from enough to live a comfortable middle class existence. Furthermore a lot of people are still reliant on government aid, which isn't a great long term solution.
Broader anti-poverty campaigns are going to be the next step, basically getting everyone quality, stable jobs and integrating them into the economy while gradually raising their income. The next phase is less pressing but also much more important and much more difficult.
Healthcare
https://hexbear.net/post/66457
Housing
https://hexbear.net/post/65834
Some steps in these regards.
Awesome, I fucking love the 5 year plan system. So much is able to get done because the entire administration isn't flipped on it's head every 4-8 years by another billionaire with a different national goal
Foolishness! We all know how super- efficient capitalism is, which is why only making plans for maximizing profit in the next quarter is the superior way to manage an economy!
And, if you just give the poors money, they will waste it! There's no way that money is also an investment in the future that will reap benefits for years to come!
Headline in 3 years: China Slows Down Hopeful Drive to Erase Poverty.
Because they finished.
chinas drive to erase extreme poverty proven unsustainable as programs wind down: a cost benefit analysis reveals their failure :shocked-pikachu:
China is genociding poverty.
WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS
Lol the nyt is DEFINITELY not mad that China's policies turn out infinity better results than what they promote. Nope not mad at all
poverty good because it makes good stories to watch on TV while i sit on my big white liberal ass
