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That doesn't make poverty solved. That means we've improved the lot for many people, but we haven't solved the problems of poverty. They're still homeless. They're still underemployed/unemployed. They're still malnourished.

When those are consequences of anything but rational, healthy, deliberate choice [0], or very temporary circumstances, then poverty is not solved.

[0] Which pretty much means religious/cultural reasons. The rationality of those choices are still debatable, but they aren't predicated on mental or physical illness.



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