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rob05c  ·  4031 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The World's 85 Richest People Are as Wealthy as the Poorest 3 Billion

You're making Special Pleading; I was speaking statistically. Those slums represent extreme poverty, which affects approximately 1 billion people. The average "poorest 3 billion" don't live in extreme poverty.

I'm not dismissing extreme poverty. I was simply making the case that extreme wealth is not acceptable because quality of life is relative.