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by whymememe 604 days ago
I understand your point but all the resources and material goods in the world don’t matter if you can’t access them.

> Indeed, we don’t have the technology to save people from themselves, yet.

The plight of the poorest in today’s societies is far more of a social and political issue than a technological one. An issue America is particularly bad on, despite all its affluence.