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Pxtl on Sept 19, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook is blocking Canadians’ posts on the assas...

Facebook is in the advertising industry. One pair of eyeballs is not worth the same as every other pair, they're worth what they can spend. Canadians are, in global terms, fabulously wealthy.

pclmulqdq on Sept 19, 2023 [–]

There are probably 50 million people in India who are each worth more than the average Canadian. And another billion or so to boot.

boplicity on Sept 19, 2023 | [–]

I doubt it. You need to earn only around $300 a month or 25,000 Rupees to get into the top 10% of income earners in India.

https://www.ndtv.com/business/earning-rs-25-000-you-are-in-i...

https://competitiveness.in/the-state-of-inequality-in-india-....

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