Things have gotten better and progress has been made from times past, it just seems worse now because we have more access to information. We've come far, and have further to go!
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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
besides this, China did a huge job on getting people out of poverty - if you like or not
Mass producing shit at inhuman factories with deaths by the millions. I guess you're not poor if you're just dead.
Technically correct. A dead person is neither rich nor poor.
So that's what happened to the middle class.
The best kind of correct
Look at the statistics. I am not lying. You can complain, but that are facts.
If you look at the history of western countries industrializing it didn't look much better.
Life expectancy has also gone up. You’re lying through your fucking teeth.
Why wouldn't people like it?