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Nah that's blue radioactive waste. It leaks from the mothership's engines

Ah yes, that makes more sense.

We don't have ships. We might be able to make a raft but we'll still just get swept out to sea at the mercy of the currents.

Ocean, huh? Hell of a lot of opportunities there.

Well obviously we don't have ships
My point was that both life expectancy and the standard of living - around the world - has been going up, primarily due to (relatively) free enterprise
That the poor are getting richer isn't even debatable
The data is clear