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Originally Posted by elphenor
"An accumulation of wealth at one pole of society indicates an accumulation of misery and overwork at the other."
is what Marx specifically said and it's true
in the US, the growth of millionaires to billionaires has meant a shrinking middle class
however, you can look at the world globally over a long period of time, and you will see that poverty is shrinking, as many countries that were previously under crushing imperialism have begun developing i.e. India
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those countries are just going under the basic process if industrialization, lol. The same process we went through 100+ years ago. They're richer for it and so are we. Basic things like running water, electricity, and food are a given. On top of that, the poor walk around with smart phones in their pockets more powerful than the best computer IBM could buy like 50 years ago.
Like I said, in general everyone is getting richer.