I love the “x number of people gained access to water” arguments where they point out the peripheral good done by the system and/or the general spread of modern industrial comforts/tech over time.
Which they do to distract you from all the intentional bad things that get done
Look at how capable they are to take credit for these achievements and how incapable they are of understanding social murder. They could if they tried. They can get out the fine-tooth comb to count exactly how many people logged onto the fucking internet for the first time. But they choose not to with the negative externalities. Those are just bad luck. There’s nobody to hold responsible if it’s just bad luck.
I love the “x number of people gained access to water” arguments where they point out the peripheral good done by the system and/or the general spread of modern industrial comforts/tech over time.
Which they do to distract you from all the intentional bad things that get done
Look at how capable they are to take credit for these achievements and how incapable they are of understanding social murder. They could if they tried. They can get out the fine-tooth comb to count exactly how many people logged onto the fucking internet for the first time. But they choose not to with the negative externalities. Those are just bad luck. There’s nobody to hold responsible if it’s just bad luck.
Poverty is like bad weather, with many victims and no perpetrator. Unless it’s in a socialist state, in which case there is a perpetrator.