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Despite the unfortunate reference to the iPad, the poster has a point. We are better off than the 'kings of yore'. We have access to better housing, heat and ai
by dean 16y ago
Despite the unfortunate reference to the iPad, the poster has a point. We are better off than the 'kings of yore'. We have access to better housing, heat and air conditioning, abundant and varied food, easy and affordable access to education and medical care and medicine, electric light, personal transportation, personal security and the list goes on. It's not just consumer goods -- we have more of everything including health and well-being, and most likely happiness. How many people back then (other than a king) could hope to be anything but a serf and tenant farmer in their lives. I think personal fulfilment would have been in short supply.
- jshen 16y agoonly if by "better off" you mean we have more material possessions. "easy and affordable access to education and medical care and medicine" Most of your points are fair, but I don't this one is. "we have more of everything including health and well-being" How are you measuring well being? I'll bet a lot of people today, even those that are upper middle class, have equal or more stress. "How many people back then " Why compare america of today with monarchies of the past? Why not compare america of today with other industrialized countries? In terms of the plight of the poor we look pretty bad compared to other modern countries.