> but were the 50's through the 70,s that much of a lower quality of life For the vast majority of the people who don't live in the USA or Europe, life was cer

> but were the 50's through the 70,s that much of a lower quality of life For the vast majority of the people who don't live in the USA or Europe, life was certainly much worse back then. Foxconn might not be the best place in the world to work, but it beats the hell out of living in a small town under a Maoist government. > even though they don't live here We could have made a crapload of money off their insecurity by taxing non-occupied housing, perhaps even building ghost cities/property tax farms from scratch. We could have used the revenue on infrastructure or social services. But no, we didn't have the political will to do that.