Comment by [deleted] on 02/02/2020 at 17:56 UTC

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View submission: /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | January 27, 2020

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increasing inequality

Among the same country? Yes. Across the world? No. But I guess nobody in the developed world would consider a closing gap between them and the poorer parts of the world a good thing.

increasing poverty

This is objectively wrong.

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Comment by Sm0llguy at 02/02/2020 at 18:19 UTC

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Contrary to popular belief, poverty is increasing on a global scale, with the exception of China. This is because about 50% of it's economy is state-owned. This video explains it in 6 minutes.

https://youtu.be/A6VqV1T4uYs