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The rest of the world see the standard of living of Europeans and North Americans and want the exact same standard of living. If this means they have to do the
by irrational 7y ago
The rest of the world see the standard of living of Europeans and North Americans and want the exact same standard of living. If this means they have to do the same thing that the Western world had to do to reach those levels, then so be it. Go through an industrial revolution with polluting factories and industries. Subjugate nature and move all wild animals into zoos. Have a few world wars. Create terrible working conditions that require the need for unions. Overthrow government after government until one that is good enough to allow personal freedoms comes along. Etc.
- rayiner 7y agoDamn skippy.
- hhas01 7y agoThis. Meanwhile us westerners are so determined to hang onto what we already got, we won’t lift a finger to help them raise their own standards of living any less destructively. Oh well, let’s hope the next species to come along once we’ve driven our own dumb selves to extinction is much better at learning from others’ mistakes.