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Today's capitalist system is lifting people out of poverty at a pace we couldn't have imagined 200 years ago. If you really believe that quality of life for the world's poor has decreased in recent years you are living in a bubble and I urge you to leave it.

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> Today's capitalist system is lifting people out of poverty at a pace we couldn't have imagined 200 years ago.

It also creates poverty at a pace we couldn’t have imagined 200 years ago. This is some Steve Pinker bullshit right here.

Until it all comes crashing down because we did it by covering the planet in plastic trash, cooking the atmosphere, and eating all the animals.

But hey, at least the poor can buy cheap meat. /s

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