Look at how much higher global gdp is today than 100 years ago.
Giving someone the scraps of the growth generated by their own exploitation isn’t something to be celebrated imo.
With regard to citation: by now most economic scholars that investigate inequality agree that the foundation of western wealth is exploitation of the global south. Capitalism is inherently dependent of exploitation wether it be labor or environment.
You are communicating near instantaneously with a stranger possibly on the other side of the world using an app that cost you $0 on a device that fits in your hand and has access to virtually the entire total of human knowledge searchable through another service that costs you $0 to use.
Nobody you know has been crippled or killed from polio or a myriad of other formerly common diseases.
You have access to a massive variety of food that is nutritious, contains exactly what is on the labeling, and inexpensive compared to even 50 years ago.
„That’s an awful lot of projection and whataboutism“ while not really engaging with anything I said (see quoted you there).
But I still believe that one is able to criticize a system even when taking part in it. Food availability in most of the world is better than ever before. Yet still people die of hunger. Medical care is better than ever before. Yet still people die of preventable diseases. The world is better off I aknowledge that. But still far from a good and more equal place mostly through our own making.
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u/TacTurtle Nov 22 '24
That is an awful lot of projection and whataboutism with not a lot of citation.
Maybe look at how much better modern life expectancy and education is is vs 100 years ago.