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Growing up they were poor, but their family got 500 dollars a month, which is more than most families on this planet earn a year. People are so ignorant, it hur

by duckruu 8mo ago

Growing up they were poor, but their family got 500 dollars a month, which is more than most families on this planet earn a year. People are so ignorant, it hurts.

andsoitis 8mo ago
> 500 dollars a month, which is more than most families on this planet earn a year. People are so ignorant, it hurts. Wildly inaccurate statistic. Bottom 10% live on less than $800 per year. [1] Bottom 30% around $2000 - $3000 per year. [2] Global median income is about $3000 per person per year. [2] [1] https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/poverty-prosperity-and-planet https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/poverty-prosperity-... [2] https://wir2022.wid.world/chapter-1/ https://wir2022.wid.world/chapter-1/
- card_zero 8mo ago
  So that means a family with two median earners makes 500 dollars a month? I don't get it, you seem to be confirming the claim.
  - andsoitis 8mo ago
    Y̶o̶u̶ They wrote: "500 dollars a month, which is more than most families on this planet earn a year." Than translates to "most families on this planet make less than $500 per year"
    - card_zero 8mo ago
      Oh, the year/month mixup, fair enough. (Wasn't me, BTW.)