Bill Gates: 'By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world'

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72. I agree with his statement about their not being poor nations by 2035, but he neglects individuals.

China is now considered wealthy. There are plenty of people living in conditions that are nightmarish, yet China is wealthy, by his definition.

Many other countries have great GNP statistics, but too many are left behind in misery within them. The people left behind are ignored, the media does not know they exist.

This is why I say the future and even the present day is mixed. Some will see things are going perfectly, for their particular niche in society, it is.

Others will be so miserable that it can scarcely be measured. Some like where I live hold onto unions and public education which gives mobility. Other places are fully stagnant, no future for the needy. But even within those places still others prosper. This is worldwide.

By some measurements, what Gates says is completely true. But he is not addressing environmental destruction, working people, but just plain being alive. It was not enough for him in his life, and it's not enough for the underclass in all of these no longer 'poor' nations.