There is a paradox for progressives who feel obliged to oppose the 'status quo' on principle even when it is quite clearly progressive
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I'm curious if the absolute number in poverty is up or down, rather than relative. Also, too bad about the Holocene extinction.
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That shouldn't be too difficult to work out by comparing to population growth. Yes & global warming generally.
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This optimism easily back-fires, because ”by any measure” is a misleading oversimplification. Better: ”almost every measure”
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I greatly appreciate the well-being in my country, and I don't thank market forces for that. I thank Nordic welfare society model.
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If not market forces, what forces allowed the Scandinavian countries to become wealthy enough to provide those services?
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REGULATED market forces and some central planning, but it's not communism.
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I cite http://humanprogress.org all the time, but recently I checked and they're founded by the Templeton Foundation. Still legit?
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And the astounding progress of
#ClimateChange which questions all that well-being. Our problems are getting worse, not better.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Half of America now lives in poverty... facing ecological apocalypse, declining life expectancy and most likely, civil war.
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Despite
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Humans need to be unhappy. They need probs just like a dog needs a bone to chew on. Else existential emptiness. Just read
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arrogant. say this to those suffering, including in non-obvious ways like modern style isolation, lack of community, addiction, despair.
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$1.90pd is v low threshold. Inequality rising globally & 'welfare' is relative. There's no measure here. And ps don't mention climate change
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The NFL players didn't get the message.
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