>My opinion is western society has the most productive economic apparatus in History Yes, in <pedantic>known history</pedantic>. And yes, if you ignore the ne

>My opinion is western society has the most productive economic apparatus in History Yes, in <pedantic>known history</pedantic>. And yes, if you ignore the negative externalities such as destruction of the environment, high obesity and other first-world killer diseases like heart attack, stroke, etc. Of course, other / developing countries are greedy and eager to emulate all that unsustainable shit, and are coming up fast on the radar screen often ignoring the remedial measures (for what they are worth) that the former countries are applying.