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mk · 4008 days ago · link · · parent · post: The World's 85 Richest People Are as Wealthy as the Poorest 3 Billion
Considering places such as the slums of Mumbai, I think that might not be true.The poorest 3 billion live like kings from the Middle Ages in terms of disease, sanitation, et cetera.
You're making Special Pleading; I was speaking statistically. Those slums represent extreme poverty, which affects approximately 1 billion people. The average "poorest 3 billion" don't live in extreme poverty. I'm not dismissing extreme poverty. I was simply making the case that extreme wealth is not acceptable because quality of life is relative.