most of the world is poor.

Liar. The percentage of impoverished is nowhere near 50%, let alone a over it: https://socialincome.org/en/int/world-poverty-statistics-2024

In fact world poverty is increasing, if we exclude China and it's poverty eradication efforts.

Liar. This is an easily-debunked talking point, I'm surprised people are still parroting it. https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china