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I don't like the negativity associated with "first world" problem. The "first world" problems are very much real. If you believe that the rest of the world will
by liuliu 14y ago
I don't like the negativity associated with "first world" problem. The "first world" problems are very much real. If you believe that the rest of the world will catch up eventually with the "first world", they will have these "first world" problems too. We need to solve these "first world" problems. The only argument against it suggests a darker future where there is, and will always be, a huge gap between the rich and the poor, and the poor will stagnate forever. I don't choose to believe that.
- BoredAstronaut 14y agoThere are first world problems, and then there are "white whines". Solving the problems of wealthy people might be rewarding and enriching (for the solver), but the actual impact on the world is generally much less than if you solved more pressing problems. It's a law of diminishing returns. After a while, people should be able to solve their own problems. What they do instead is to redefine "problem" from "life-threatening risk" to "banal annoyance". If you save a child from dying from cholera, they might grow up and change the world themselves. If you make it more convenient for spoiled white people to buy more shit to fill up their meaningless lives, not so much.