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> No matter what the numbers in the bank account says, the number of people who can get the good stuff will be limited to the actual infrastructure and actual p
by taneq 2y ago
> No matter what the numbers in the bank account says, the number of people who can get the good stuff will be limited to the actual infrastructure and actual production output.
Only if you define "the good stuff" as "the best stuff." If you define "the good stuff" relative to a subsistence farming or hunter-gatherer lifestyle, the median person today in a developed country is arguably richer than the richest person in town 50 years ago, the richest person in the country 100 years ago, and the richest person on the planet 500 years ago.
- mrtksn 2y agoLet's pretend that we don't have a time machine and stick with comparing what we have today.
- Kephael 2y agoThis is nonsense, you could buy a nice car and a home 50 years while working at the post office. Because we have faster computers and smartphones does not make us wealthier.
- meiraleal 2y agoWhat would make a median person today, working 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, richer than the richest person in the country 100 years ago?