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I keep thinking about this: http://www.miniature-earth.com/ http://www.miniature-earth.com/ If you have a computer, a roof over your head and enough to eat, yo
by cpt1138 15y ago
I keep thinking about this: http://www.miniature-earth.com/ http://www.miniature-earth.com/
If you have a computer, a roof over your head and enough to eat, you're in the top 3% of the world.
- bluedanieru 15y agoAnd if you're alive today regardless of where you live, you're probably better off than most humans since the invention of agriculture. So what? The idea that it's only absolute wealth that should matter completely misses the point. That the typical American or European, et al, literally lives like a king (or better) is beside the point. The economy is not a zero-sum game, sure, but politics certainly is, and unfortunately nothing predicts your political power better than the wealth you've accumulated. So the average person in the first world may live like a king, sure, but he has the influence of a peasant or worse. There is more virtue to an egalitarian society than merely a sense of economic or social justice. They are healthier, more stable, and more democratic.