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Wait. I thought we lived in a world where a staggering majority of the 7 billion people now alive (an absolutely unprecedented population level) manage to have
by corporalagumbo 15y ago
Wait. I thought we lived in a world where a staggering majority of the 7 billion people now alive (an absolutely unprecedented population level) manage to have more than enough food to eat from day to day. A world that largely has forgotten what true food insecurity is like. A world that pushes the limits of the world's carrying capacity. A world that is the product of the most efficient, integrated systems mankind has ever built to extract the world's resources.
So how can this be true while we also apparently have been enslaved by computers and corporate overlords who refuse to let us eat?
My conclusion:
1) You use the word 'slavery' very loosely.
2) You ignore the ability of population increases to nullify productivity gains.
3) You have let your emotions overpower your thoughts and so instead of analysing issues you rant.
- forensic 15y agoAre we better off than 1000 years ago? Yeah. Are we better off than America 40 years ago? No. Are we as far ahead as we should be? No. There is still food scarcity today, and there doesn't need to be. There is still environmental destruction today, and there doesn't need to be. Freedom, democracy and prosperity came about with enlightenment philosophy, but computer technology has actually caused a reduction in freedom and prosperity for Americans. This is a problem. My rant would not have been made 40 years ago in this country. Things have gotten worse in this country.