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America is now the most unequal society in the developed world. Our billionaires are the richest, and our poor people are the poorest of any functioning democracy on Earth (hartmannreport.com)

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[–] purahna@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Our poor people are the poorest" sounds suspect to be honest - Haiti? Congo? If you count $200K in student loan debt as poorer than $0 across the board, sure, but if you go by actual quality of life, there's no way.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The article is qualifying it as the poorest in the developed world.

[–] purahna@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"our poor people are the poorest of any functioning democracy on Earth" - Does this mean that the author doesn't count the developing world as functioning democracies, but does count all of the developed world as functioning democracies?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

that tracks with the author clearly being a lib