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Things have gotten better and progress has been made from times past, it just seems worse now because we have more access to information. We've come far, and have further to go!

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wealth inequality is possibly the highest it's ever been in history.

I wouldn't be surprised if food wasted (food that goes straight to the trash) nowadays is also at peak numbers, or close to.

During the Bolsonaro years (2019-2022), Brazil saw a drastic increase in extreme poverty, made worse by the pandemic. Poor people were literally scavenging carcasses for anything that could still be eaten. We're still trying to recover.

Do not take any of those good things for granted, they can be very easily reverted by a small number of psychopath assholes.

Wealth inequality is higher now than it was back when most of us were serfs who barely owned the clothes on our backs while one family lived in a castle and owned the rest of us?

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

Wealth inequality has nothing useful to say about quality of life for people.