Who is doing so much better though? It seems like most countries have similar issues and it's not really a West vs East thing. Costa Rica seems like one of the nicer places to live in the world right now, but it's a "Western" country and it's also tiny.

I look at Eastern countries like Korea and Japan and see a ton of problems with workers being abused and authoritarian legal systems. Better than the US in some ways but worse in others. I would rather live in the US despite the worse healthcare cause I don't want to work 12 hours a day.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

US labour law exists in spite of democracy, not because of it. Also, I think it's hard to argue that Korea and Japan aren't Western democracies (in that, they value Western democratic ideals and structure their governments around the Western concept of democracy).

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

China ended absolute poverty within their borders. That's 800 million people in a 40 year period.

[–] silkroadtraveler 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You’re a fool. CPC / CCP did no such thing. Plenty of starving homeless people in China to this day and zero social safety net.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Tell me you haven't been to China without telling me you haven't been to China

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here are some of my sources.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1467-8489.12353
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264837721001411
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019739752200128X
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13892240601062488

Please provide your sources for starving homeless legions.