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[ThomPete]

Sure, neither would a billion have been lifted out of poverty the last couple decades.

[oldsklgdfth → ThomPete]

Poverty is not the absence of material wealth.

[ThomPete → oldsklgdfth]

You tell that to the people who can't make ends meet.

Absence of opportunity is poverty. If the opportunities go away so does the prospect of getting out of your situation.

[oldsklgdfth → ThomPete]

What situation requires getting out of?

[ThomPete → oldsklgdfth]

Not having enough for food.

Not being able to pay your bills