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No, but it's a reason that changes to the standard economic indicators won't give you as much of an insight into changes to people's quality of life.
by griffzhowl 2y ago
No, but it's a reason that changes to the standard economic indicators won't give you as much of an insight into changes to people's quality of life.
- konschubert 2y agoIf the thing that drives your quality of life is subsistence farming then your quality of life is terrible. No human except monks would choose such a life.
- griffzhowl 2y agoMaybe, maybe not. The point is that the GDP of the country you're in going up or down is a somewhat abstract and irrelevant concern for a subsistence farmer I think it's possible that some of them have beautiful lives anyway, but tough, no doubt. I've been to some similar villages in Ladakh