Lmao thats just the short version of my comment

BuT hER eMaILs!

Socialism by its barest definition is great.

Socialism as outlined in Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto is a little sketchier because it makes a lot of unrealistic assumptions about human nature and is just generally super hard to implement without creating a power vacuum.

Socialism as in the USSR’s Socialism is a century old practice of the cruellest and most war hungry culture imagineable, having taken advantage of the afforementioned power vacuum to starve and torture millions at home, ally with the Nazis in WWII and then change sides halfway through, tear down democracies around the globe, and push us all the closest we have ever been to thermonuclear annihilation. A threat so great that even 30 years into its grave is still a great stone over our heads, having crafted a world power balance that will threaten our destruction for generations to come.

But Socialism by its barest definition is great.

Party Leadership dont get to be our scapegoat, the US People chose Hillary and Biden over Bernie by massive numbers.

Rather late than never.

Nike also did a lot of donations and promotion of the DNC before now so it is somewhat of a surprising flip. Maybe Phil Knight is acting alone in this endeavor, counter to the company itself?

In fairness my offhand estimates might be lacking due to recent spikes in cost of living and breakdown of global trade relations.

Thank you.

I think the most achievable method to get this standard of living to everyone in short term is to properly define the limit as it applies to everyone. Giving everyone a guaranteed $140k, $35k per adult and child, would be exhorbitant in many places, though slightly more understandable if you’re limiting to the USA alone, and still not cover the highest cost areas at all. Giving the majority of people $20k per person and child, is doable and could more easily gain public support, and is sufficient.

Muddying the definitions and pushing an ever higher number like this author is doing doesn’t seem beneficial for the goal of getting people out of poverty.

Would that not then be letting the high cost outliers dictate the number for the vast majority? $20k x4 is $80k

Individual

So he’s estimating 140k for married with children? Whats the individual estimate?

I personally consider the poverty line to be when you can live safely and comfortably, which for most places around the world would be like $20,000 and for intercity New York would be like $80,000.

140k just seems a little absurd.

Different starting points, it used to be 8/10 Chinese living in extreme poverty.

I feel for the innocent civilians who did not ask for or deserve this.

But I feel nothing for the ones who stood beside the brutal regime and made more enemies than competent allies.