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I do not believe that standard of living should be compared in a vacuum. Since I assume that this is what you are referring to, I am firmly convinced that happi
by TheMode 4y ago
I do not believe that standard of living should be compared in a vacuum. Since I assume that this is what you are referring to, I am firmly convinced that happiness is relative.
What this means is that improving the standard of living of the average person by 5% while improving it by 50% for a smaller population will hurt more than it helps.
- maxilevi 4y agoWhy would it hurt?
- MattPalmer1086 4y agoThere is evidence that people do worse on average across a variety of metrics in more unequal societies. Naturally this is disputed by those on the right and implicitly believed by those on the left. See the book "The Spirit Level" and subsequent discussions around that for more info.
- TheMode 4y agoIgnoring study, that would be a more graphic example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meiU6TxysCg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meiU6TxysCg Or historically, if this wasn't true we would be the happiest humans to ever live on earth. Doesn't seem to be true on any possible metric.