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submitted 4 days ago by Rindogang@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

The people before us weren't perfect. Their mistakes are blueprints to learn from and build a better world

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[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 8 points 3 days ago

Capitalist apologists: see how we reduced world poverty? /s

[-] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 days ago

Not sure if this is a joke because if you exclude China from the data, world poverty has actually gotten worse in the last 40 years. They are singlehandedly dragging that world average upwards.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 7 points 3 days ago

Good context. That's why I added the /s

this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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