In half century

1. World wealth dramatically increased.
2. Poverty PLUMMETED.
3. 1 BILLION PEOPLE moved from the poor to the middle class.
4. Life expectancy shot up.
5. Democracies flourished, totalitarianism diminished.
6. Fewer wars.

And Anand...thinks all of this is bad.
It takes an incredible level of unscientific ideology, ignorance and rejection of facts and data, and just absolute unwillingness to accept reality to have the vision of the world Anand has.

Is the world perfect? Not even close.

Is it FAR BETTER than 1970? It isn't even close.
I mean, if the ONLY thing that improved in that 50 years was the fall of the Soviet Union (something the likes of Anand were largely against at the time), the world would be a better place.
And @AnandWrites says this.

Well, I think the numbers and data clearly show that those that benefited from Milton and other capitalists outweigh those harmed at least 100:1. It might be multiples larger than that.

Keeping it real, Anand. With data and facts.

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