• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Even then it is “only” the west. China was starving only two generations ago. As a whole humanity just keeps getting richer and richer. No part of what I am saying is meant to excuse the damage neoliberalism did to wealthy equality in the developed world.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Well yeah, the industrial revolution only helped the areas it affected. But that kinda goes without saying.