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>People on welfare have access to better healthcare than the richest person on Earth did 50 years ago. They have access to pocket computers and communication sy
by edmccard 9y ago
>People on welfare have access to better healthcare than the richest person on Earth did 50 years ago. They have access to pocket computers and communication systems far more powerful than the military could have afforded 50 years ago.
Which doesn't really matter unless you have a time machine that can send them back 50 years. At least, none of the poor people I've known (including myself) have ever said "I can't afford to give my children better opportunities, let alone leave them something in my will, but hey! at least they'll have nifty pocket computers!"
- prepend 9y agoIt does matter as they live a healthier, happier and more productive life. I think the point is that people are better off now than 50 years earlier. So in 50 years what used to only be available to billionaires will be over the counter.
- Houshalter 9y agoSorry, I just don't see the world in terms of "anything that makes one person better off, necessarily makes someone worse off." That kind of world view is toxic to progress. It completely flies in the face of everything we've achieved in the last 2 centuries.