Late Stage Capitalism

Whenever you hear about those "the world is getting better and better every day, nearly a billion people have come out of poverty in the last X years" statistics, just know, all of those people were pulled out of poverty in China, by their (kinda) socialist government.

Few people if any come out of poverty in capitalist countries and countries imperialized from the West (rather, as many people fall into poverty as get out of poverty).

Socialism is pulling people out of poverty, feeding them, housing them, give them healthcare, etc. Capitalist nations keep the global south poor in order to exploit cheap labor.

It's about trends and direction. The USSR back in it's growth days pulled 300 million people out of poverty. This is a core feature of communism, to feed, house, and heal, every single person.