#india actually doing a great job of genuinely lifting people out of #poverty by the #un 's #definition https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new.. Meanwhile #china 's #ccp just #redefined what #poverty was, and then the numbers magically went up, despite the #quality of living going down on average. Never believe #communist numbers!
Interesting #article by #aardvark regarding the #definition of an #nz #maori and who would get #compensation if/when it is given: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0208.s.. It's insane to me to think that in this day and age there are #maori #families living out of #garages or #cars - zero excuse for that. Apparently this can be because of a #distrust of #white #people . The problem is #complex and something #kiwis actually need to address, rather than brushing it under the carpet.
I #listened to the #oxford #union " #debate " on #meritocracy and the #conclusion I came to is that few of them knew what they were talking about: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AeRHkFw9fYw Firstly, only few of them even knew the #definition - secondly, half of them #debated a different #proposition - thirdly, #sharonchau et al attacked their #opponents #character - the list goes on. Essentially it is a debate of #communism vs #capitalism at its root - not that any of them understood this.
Huh, the #us 's #cdc has been busy indeed: https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/foiad.. Well worth a #read - when the " #rightwing " rightfully pointed out the #definition of #vaccine is supposed to provide #immunity - they #secretly changed the #wording and then called it a #conspiracy #theory ! Mad.