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> It is conceivably possible for every American to have adequate food, housing, and medical care, to work in safe and humane conditions, and so forth. It is co
by eeZah7Ux 9y ago
> It is conceivably possible for every American to have adequate food, housing, and medical care, to work in safe and humane conditions, and so forth.
It is conceivably possible for every human - given the current available resources.
- philwelch 9y agoBut a much larger project, especially if you’re constrained by the standard liberal sensibilities of the 21st century.
- Consultant32452 9y agoThe global GDP per capita is about $10k/yr. Depending on what you mean by "adequate" housing, medical care, safe work, and humane conditions... it might not actually be possible. I think if you use first world standards, you'd have a hard time achieving that even if you could magically redistribute all of the globe's economic productivity.
- philwelch 9y agoAlso, if you actually want it to work out, you first have to remove all the tinpot kleptocrats and replace them with halfway responsible governments. This doesn't get attempted often, but this was attempted with Iraq, and the attempt cost 2.4 trillion dollars and didn't yield sustainable results.