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> I am well aware that primarily the developing world are doing better, that is true but it is also trivial. The real question is what we do with those in the
by em500 10y ago
> I am well aware that primarily the developing world are doing better, that is true but it is also trivial. The real question is what we do with those in the developed world.
As someone who came from the developing world and still have a lot of family there, I find these statements pretty offensive.
- ThomPete 10y agoThat was not the intention. Care to elaborate why?
- mjohn 10y agoSaying it's trivial that the developing world is improving could be interpreted as the developing world lacking importance in comparison to the developed world. Did you mean it was easy to achieve (not that I would agree with that either).
- ThomPete 10y agoThats not what I was saying. I was saying the fact that the living conditions are increasing in the developing world (which is a good thing) is a trivial fact. I.e. it's true and not really disputed. What is more disputed is that it's also increasing for the developed world. I hope that clears up any misunderstanding here.
- mjohn 10y agoAh, right I understand now.
- corysama 10y agoFor me, it comes off as tremendously callous. Many billions of people still face issues of food, health, safety, security that even poor Americans/Europeans trivially avoid. But, "The real question is what do we do with the richest half billion?"
- ThomPete 10y agoSo I can't complain that the train is late because somewhere in the world other people don't even have trains? I think you missed the point I was trying to make. My point was simply that it's a not very controversial that the living conditions around the world are getting better, thats great. But it does not mean that it's getting better for everyone and especially in the developed countries it's actually going the other way which is relevant to discuss as this might mean that things can't continue getting better.