> long had higher standards of living than a large remainder of the world Not really 200 years ago most Americans were scratching a living in a new world fight

> long had higher standards of living than a large remainder of the world Not really 200 years ago most Americans were scratching a living in a new world fighting off the natives and importing slaves. >The issue is more that while this process was happening a small segment of the US population has managed to sequester a nearly incomprehensible portion of that wealth for no good reason. Agreed its a big change from the 60s and 70s.