The “800 million out of poverty” one is a strange one. Obviously they have no way to debunk or disprove it, so they just kind of grumble about it. They grumble and complain privately to themselves how much they hate China lifting people out of poverty because it means they can’t complain openly about evil Chinese government keeping people poor. I’ve had some very strange conversations around poverty alleviation. Westerners love the idea of it, but hate the idea that some random western charity isn’t doing it. They hate the idea that the thing that fixes poverty is organised government action, not westerners allaying their guilty conscience by donating their pocket change.
The “800 million out of poverty” one is a strange one. Obviously they have no way to debunk or disprove it, so they just kind of grumble about it. They grumble and complain privately to themselves how much they hate China lifting people out of poverty because it means they can’t complain openly about evil Chinese government keeping people poor. I’ve had some very strange conversations around poverty alleviation. Westerners love the idea of it, but hate the idea that some random western charity isn’t doing it. They hate the idea that the thing that fixes poverty is organised government action, not westerners allaying their guilty conscience by donating their pocket change.