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[–] Clever_Clover@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

the poverty line is very made up bullshit based on nothing but vibes some economists had, not even any statistics, it should be higher in a lot of places, lower in others where the price of things is lower, but in any case, no one claimed poor rural Chinese people don't exist, ThereRisesARedStar said they don't have a homelessness problem anywhere approaching the west, which is true, all of those poor rural Chinese people have homes, hell most of them even own their own homes, they don't even rent, so, what exactly is your point? China has been the largest alleviator of poverty in modern history, yet, they do still have poverty, it has not been eradicated yet, but, they do not have a homelessness issue due to government initiatives that have worked very hard to make sure there is enough housing for their population (see western propaganda about ghost cities and the reality of how they're all filled with people now)

[–] Thedogspaw@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep figured just ignore facts who needs facts when you can just dogpile and gaslight anyone who doesn't think xi is gods gift to humanity

[–] Clever_Clover@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

what facts did I deny? do you want me to get you the homelessness and home ownership statistics for China? I assure you that they support my point, which is that the majority of people in China (even the poor rural people) are not homeless and even own their own homes.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

You are ignoring entire cities.

Westoid cope is going to reach Lovecraftian madness-levels in the next few years