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We’ve also seen the results of societies with extreme economic disparity. Neither seem to work out great.
by stouset 2y ago
We’ve also seen the results of societies with extreme economic disparity. Neither seem to work out great.
- WalterBright 2y agoIn the US, we've seen enormous prosperity as a result.
- stouset 2y agoFor a small and ever-decreasing share of the population, since the seventies.
- nickpp 2y agoThe poorest people of today's developed countries are countless times richer than the kings of old - in terms of the products and services they have access to. Medicine, communication, transportation, entertainment - we can't even compare.
- whymememe 2y agoThe poorest? So the homeless opiate addict living under a city bypass is better off than King Henry VIII? Someone should tell them.
- nickpp 2y agoYes. All he has to do is walk into a hospital or detox center and he’ll have access to medical care King Henry VIII could not buy with all his riches. > opiate addict Indeed, we don’t have the technology to save people from themselves, yet. I am sure kings of old didn’t either and addicts of their time fared even worse.
- whymememe 2y agoI understand your point but all the resources and material goods in the world don’t matter if you can’t access them. > Indeed, we don’t have the technology to save people from themselves, yet. The plight of the poorest in today’s societies is far more of a social and political issue than a technological one. An issue America is particularly bad on, despite all its affluence.