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Absolutely not a China stan or anything. I'm pretty solidly against any government that allows the existence of billionaires. But judging a system by the amount of us dollars people live off of is a pretty metric. I have 100 monies, does that buy me a condo or a condom? I have 100 million monies, can I afford to eat tonight? Depends on the cost of living, the inflation rate, so many factors.
What percentage of their populace is homeless, has access to clean water, has access to the Internet? Or if you're dead set on using the amount of people living off a set amount of dollars, at least provide some info on what 10usd gets you in China, and if there's a big difference depending on geography?
Again, not a China stan, I think their censorship is shitty, I think their about as socialist as Nebraska, and that the Chinese government has hurt the socialist movement pretty severely by leaning into capitalism and abandoning any truly socialist ideals in exchange for international strength. In fairness, I'm also not a fan of the US. Just so you understand my position here. I'm not jumping to the defense of either, they certainly don't need my help.
You can google these things yourself if you wanted.
About 90% of the Chinese population has access to clean water, which means around 140 million people still do not, and that's by China's own reported numbers and standards. It's probably worse than that in reality.
There are more Chinese people without access to the internet than the total US population, About 77% have access, and that metric does not measure households with internet, it's just people who have ANY access, including using a cheap phone only at public WIFI locations.
Of course there's a big difference based on location, some cities on the coasts are exceptionally wealthy compared to rural inland areas.
The point wasn't that I wanted the info, friend. The point was to demonstrate how shitty a metric X USD is.