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>> Today, I would rather be a poor person in a First World country, than be a rich person in Louis the XIV’s France. This is bullshit and demonstrates a lack o
by cryptica 7y ago
>> Today, I would rather be a poor person in a First World country, than be a rich person in Louis the XIV’s France.
This is bullshit and demonstrates a lack of empathy. A poor person today has no spare time at all to enjoy life. Also, the modern medical system in many developed countries is not much better at all than a few centuries ago if you're poor... The only difference is that now the poor person knows ahead of time that they're going to die of cancer because they can't afford treatment... I don't think that's a good thing.
- spopejoy 7y agoAgreed. I'm always surprised when people get away with this kind of blinkered panglossian pap. There is simply no evidence that as a species we're happier, more secure, etc than generations past. Every advance we enjoy seems to come with a trade-off, as evidenced by the new findings about loneliness/alienation, rich-poor inequality, environmental degradation, what have you. Even the elephant graph stuff can only talk about a time period that starts centuries after a huge amount of the world came under the yoke of colonialism.
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