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Am I interpreting your story too literally? Do you mean that our economy will improve if we give people more food? Obesity is now a problem that affects all soc
by todd8 9y ago
Am I interpreting your story too literally? Do you mean that our economy will improve if we give people more food? Obesity is now a problem that affects all socioeconomic strata in the USA. See [1] and [2].
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db50.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db50.htm
[2] https://stateofobesity.org/socioeconomics-obesity/ https://stateofobesity.org/socioeconomics-obesity/
- lifeisstillgood 9y agoYes too literally. We introduced a welfare state that for all its many failings, gave those at the bottom of society a floor below which they could not fall below, and that was a floor that gave sufficient supprt to grow and flourish. And with that flourishing came new talent, talent that had been previously held back by circumstance, and that talent helped drag the bankrupt UK out of its own collapse and bankruptcy (post WWII) The UK (and Europe) no longer have that vast inequality and underclass, but like its shale oil reserves, the US has cunningly kept tens of millions of poor and downtrodden citizens in misery, just so you can turn on the gas and surprise the Chinese economy with one last blast ;-)
- todd8 9y agoOkay, got it. It’s not the way I see it exactly, but I understand your point! Thanks.
- lifeisstillgood 9y agoWell i did have to put in a special order for a brush as broad as the one I used above :-)