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>What could possibly go wrong? Americans are the wealthiest people in the history of mankind. Fortunes ebb and flow, but there isn't much to worry about.
by idiot_stick 10y ago
>What could possibly go wrong?
Americans are the wealthiest people in the history of mankind. Fortunes ebb and flow, but there isn't much to worry about.
- bdcravens 10y agoDepends on your definition of wealth. Defined as "amount of time you could survive with no income", most Americans (including many in the HN crowd) aren't very wealthy at all.
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoOnly if they insist on keeping their current (very high compared to most people in history) standard of living. A median American could survive at the standard of living of a medieval peasant indefinitely on their current assets.
- handojin 10y agoYes, but it would require one to possess a marked fondness for worms.