Well then you’re wrong. Extreme poverty has a specific definition, which you can find in my earlier link.
This is a big part of the problem. You look at China and judge it based on your standards of poverty, presumably coming from a country that was much wealthier historically. By looking only at the present, and only in absolute terms, you miss the direction that things have gone.
There are huge differences in the scope of things that you might consider “extreme poverty.” Someone who can’t afford a washing machine is poor, and someone who can’t afford their next meal is also poor, but taking people from the latter to the former is a massive improvement in their life, even though privileged people might look at both and just see “poor.”
This is why organizations like the World Bank use specific definitions for terms like “extreme poverty” rather than just going off vibes.
presumably coming from a country that was much wealthier historically
Lol, no, where I live is already in this thread.
Okay, imagine one of the homeless people (by the specific definition from Wikipedia) decides to get a place of their own for some reason. Congrats, they are now in extreme poverty. See how they are related?
Well then you’re wrong. Extreme poverty has a specific definition, which you can find in my earlier link.
This is a big part of the problem. You look at China and judge it based on your standards of poverty, presumably coming from a country that was much wealthier historically. By looking only at the present, and only in absolute terms, you miss the direction that things have gone.
There are huge differences in the scope of things that you might consider “extreme poverty.” Someone who can’t afford a washing machine is poor, and someone who can’t afford their next meal is also poor, but taking people from the latter to the former is a massive improvement in their life, even though privileged people might look at both and just see “poor.”
This is why organizations like the World Bank use specific definitions for terms like “extreme poverty” rather than just going off vibes.
Lol, no, where I live is already in this thread.
Okay, imagine one of the homeless people (by the specific definition from Wikipedia) decides to get a place of their own for some reason. Congrats, they are now in extreme poverty. See how they are related?
No, they aren’t. That’s not how it’s defined.