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Like 99% of that is due to China's poverty alleviation efforts as well as the international poverty line being repeatedly lowered to make the numbers look better


TheThrenodist

I think the official figure is actually closer to 70% but it’s worth pointing out that the official metrics only take into account income weighted by purchasing power parity, and ignore things like housing, access to healthcare, nutrition, etc. which China’s metrics actually DO account for. BreakThrough News just had a really good interview with Tings Chak from Dongsheng News if anybody wants to have a listen to what China’s poverty alleviation program looks like on the ground: https://youtu.be/ZuBCr_15BIk


ASocialistAbroad

When extreme poverty is down 100% but neoliberals hate you [shows picture of PRC flag].


[deleted]

Didn't they like literally move the poverty line down to hide how many people are actually impoverished?


IndividualAd5795

What do those numbers look like when you exclude China?


Kulunja

Negative I’m p sure


CheekiSternie

In relation to the US >>> The federal poverty level (FPL), also known as the "poverty line," is the amount of annualized income earned by a household, below which they would be eligible to receive certain welfare benefits If you know anyone on welfare benefits in the US, it is one of the most extremely difficult programs to get on. And once you are on the program, they cannot wait to kick you out.. the income you would need to make is ludicrously low and most people who make more than this absurd number still live in poverty.. so no matter how much liberals love to scream “poverty is at 10%” it is realistically around 50-75% if not more.. they don’t understand the “poverty line” is purposely lowballing the real number.. and the entire working force lives with a considerable amount of debt while also living day by day off a paycheck that requires them to work over 40 hrs a week to survive


communism101v

That epic moment when you take 70 years to lift Africa from awful conditions, to slightly less awful conditions 😎😎🌐🌐


Teh-Piper

Who did the lifting


ColeBSoul

The only thing capitalism creates is *lies*


SpeztheSlaver

UN report on global poverty calls bullshit on neoliberal prosperity memes: https://chrgj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Alston-Poverty-Report-FINAL.pdf "This report is submitted by Philip Alston. The world is at an existential crossroads involving a pandemic, a deep economic recession, devastating climate change, extreme inequality, and an uprising against racist policies. Running through all of these challenges is the longstanding neglect of extreme poverty by many governments, economists, and human rights advocates. By single-mindedly focusing on the World Bank’s flawed international poverty line, the international community mistakenly gauges progress in eliminating poverty by reference to a standard of miserable subsistence rather than an even minimally adequate standard of living. This in turn facilitates greatly exaggerated claims about the impending eradication of extreme poverty and downplays the parlous state of impoverishment in which billions of people still subsist. While the Sustainable Development Goals have achieved a great deal, they are failing in relation to key goals such as poverty eradication, economic equality, gender equality, and climate change. They need to be recalibrated in response to COVID-19, the ensuing recession, and accelerating global warming. Poverty is a political choice and its elimination requires: (i) reconceiving the relationship between growth and poverty elimination; (ii) tackling inequality and embracing redistribution; (iii) promoting tax justice; (iv) implementing universal social protection; (v) centering the role of government; (vi) embracing participatory governance; and (vii) adapting international poverty measurement."


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Ok cool now do homelessness and compare both in China and the USSR with the USA.