• truthfultemporarily@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    They talk about it in the PDF. Basically its a weighted average. Some people live in colder climates and need more heating/clothes, others need less. It then averages out to those numbers.

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      So it’s not really giving everyone in the world an exactly equal share of resources. Not to mention there’s a natural component to inequality that’s independent of resources: location. A 10 m^2 per person shack is a lot more bearable on a beach in Southern California than it is in a desert or an insect-infested swamp.

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        Its not about giving people resources, merely estimating what it would take for everyone to meet DLS requirements if they live where they currently live.