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To steel man the person you are replying to, what reduced poverty in China was money from globalism + significant domestic reinvestment of that money into poverty reduction. That reinvestment policy was a deliberate choice, and now China has the biggest middle class in the world.

An example of a country which didn’t do that is Nigeria. They got something like $300B in oil revenue over a 30 year period but have actually seen significant increases in poverty, now at 70%.



Who cares if another country didn’t take advantage of globalism? This doesn’t weaken my argument that globalism is what helped China rise again from centuries of mismanagement and neglect


> Who cares if another country didn’t take advantage of globalism?

selling your western centric view in 2026 is just laughable.


Why make a pointless comment when you no longer have anything substantial or interesting to write, or is that an "eastern centric view"?




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