I'm sorry that you think owning a car and eating industrially-produced foods is a mark of a "good" standard of living. Both these are unfortunate byproducts of

I'm sorry that you think owning a car and eating industrially-produced foods is a mark of a "good" standard of living. Both these are unfortunate byproducts of a runaway economic model that tied profits to consumption, while destroying the very prerequisites of its existence. We more than definitely have enough resources to satisfy everyone's basic needs. The basic needs would be: clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, simple healthy food, a safe home and community, quality education and healthcare, and the freedom to do whatever it is you want to do as long as it doesn't impinge on these basic needs of anyone else.