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▲ tadfisher 2 hours ago

There are multiple billions of people alive, right now, who have none of those things.

▲Legend2440 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, people who live in areas that are poorly industrialized (Africa, India, etc) and whose lives have not yet been blessed with automation.

▲inigyou 2 hours ago | parent [-]

They are not "poorly industrialised", they are the other half of industrialisation. Think of the Rick and Morty episode where they split themselves into good halves and bad halves.

▲Legend2440 an hour ago | parent [-]

The industrialization of rich nations did not make Africa poor.

Once upon a time, everyone was poor. Then, some countries industrialized and others didn't. The ones that didn't are still poor today.

Some countries like China have recently pulled themselves out of poverty through industrialization. Someday Africa will do the same.

▲inigyou an hour ago | parent [-]

Oh. What are the cobalt mines for then? Why were countries called banana republics?