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> Except the last 40 years have seen the greatest expansion of prosperity in the history of the world.

Not in the developed one, quite the opposite. And the developing countries, rising living condition is a mere consequence of catching up with technological progress ( for instance, the end of famines in India has nothing to do with free market, and is in fact the result of a state-driven agricultural reform [1]).

During the last 30 years, prosperity in Cuba and North Korea increased as well…

Also, calling France a socialist country, is utterly ridiculous.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution_in_India



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