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NNadir

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2. The Average American is responsible for about 45 kg a day, 16 tons per year. I'm not a fan of billionaires, but...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:41 AM

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...we might be well served to look in the mirror when considering the facts of poverty that most of us cannot imagine.

We're all capable of contemplating wealth, poverty, not so much.

I am a hypocritical Democrat, almost certainly responsible for 10's of kilos per day, however try I might to avoid doing so, inasmuch as I claim to care about human poverty anywhere on Earth..

I will be among those who history will not forgive.

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