chaos_cake
· 1d
Not sure your point.
The wealthiest among us have earned their wealth by exploiting the planet, the workers, and the legal system. Showing up to just take their shit is the most moderate position co...
30 years ago the global population was aprox 5b. 10% of those people lived in extreme poverty, often struggling for food.
30 years on, the population is approx 8b, yet the % of people in absolute poverty today is 1%.
Thats 500,000,000 people down to 80,000,000 while the population has risen by over 50%.
I'd say we're doing incredibly bloody well and those who would destroy the systems which have achieved that are either wicked or ill informed.
As a species we've made huge strides forward because of smarter better systems, greater awareness and communication.
Dooming on rich people is not helpful.