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ahoyhere covers my point. In the modern world, medicine, refrigeration, education, electricity and so on are all essential, but they do not contribute to prehi
by crystalis 16y ago
ahoyhere covers my point.
In the modern world, medicine, refrigeration, education, electricity and so on are all essential, but they do not contribute to prehistoric poverty.
If you don't need shoes, you can't say poverty is not having shoes.
(On the other hand, perhaps you could convince me. Are we in poverty now? After all, we lack universal cancer cures, Dyson spheres, and sexiness epidemics.)
- CWuestefeld 16y agoIt sounds like these arguments don't concern poverty as such, but rather inequality. If that's the case, then I think we have to restate the OP as "the poor are paralyzed by envy".
- crystalis 16y agoI was simply trying for some precision in terminology, and I think we're mostly there, but your politics might be showing.