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Many very good points there, and it's definitely nice to see this suggested from the left. Although: - "We already live in a world that is, as far as the dist
by xixi77 11y ago
Many very good points there, and it's definitely nice to see this suggested from the left.
Although:
- "We already live in a world that is, as far as the distribution of wealth is concerned, about as unequal as it gets. It may even be as unequal as it’s ever been." -- I keep seeing this kind of statement all over. It seems really, really hard to believe, presuming that "ever" includes antique or even more recent feudal societies, but perhaps there is something to it -- perhaps it might be true under some measure of inequality?!
- "Today more than 6 billion people have a mobile phone" -- similarly, I really don't see how this could be true, as it seems to imply something close to 100% market penetration worldwide for most age groups.
I can see how there might be 6 billion mobile phones (or phone numbers?) active, but 6 billion distinct people?!
- bryondowd 11y ago6 billion out of a global population of 7.125 billion is just over 84%, so not that unbelievable, particularly considering how quickly a usable phone becomes worth approximately zero in the first world.
- xixi77 11y agoYeah, but (e.g. looking at http://www.census.gov/idb/worldpopinfo.html http://www.census.gov/idb/worldpopinfo.html in 2014) 6bn people means that literally everyone over age of 14 has a mobile phone (plus about 100 million of those under 14, too). Even accounting for all the phones first-world children have, it seems like quite a stretch.
- imtringued 11y agoIt's not that unreasonable. The iphone costs apple only slightly more than $200 to manufacture per unit and there are obviously even cheaper phones out there.