>> What does that mean exactly? Where is Cuba, btw? Is it above the ground?
> It means that India has lots and lots of very poor people.
Western Europe also had lot and lots of very poor people. From Engels' Condition of the Working Class in England to other works (e.g. Gareth Steadman-Jones' Outcaste London), it is obvious that the mass of Europeans lived in apalling conditions over long periods. Nobody believes that Europe is in a deep whole today.
>According to the World Bank, which is often criticized for >lowballing these numbers, 35% of the pop lives on less than $1 a day,>>
You could consider per capita income on PPP basis.
> and 81% on less than $2. For China, it's 17% and 47% respectively - roughly half India's levels.>
How much of that China owes to Imperialism? Visitors returning from US say that American shopping malls are full of goods from China, unlike other developing nations.
> And Cuba is quite poor. They've done a good job with what they've gotten, but they haven't gotten much.>
Why Cuba is led by the same person for 45 years? How long the current regimes in China and Cuba will survive?
Ulhas