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Eesh. I'm surprised that such a self-evidently whiggish article would make it to the front page of HN. I assume that the author lives in a bubble of wealth and
by motters 12y ago
Eesh. I'm surprised that such a self-evidently whiggish article would make it to the front page of HN. I assume that the author lives in a bubble of wealth and privilege.
If "we've never had it so good" then why did my parents and grandparents generations never have to attend a food bank?
- josephpmay 12y agoCan I make the assumption that you're white and from a Western country? Greater average global prosperity does not mean the lives of everybody are better, and more equality often means that those who were traditionally privileged no longer are.
- icebraining 12y agoEven white people from Western countries had two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War and the rise of multiple dictatorships within the lives of currently living people.
- nunyabuizness 12y ago>If "we've never had it so good" then why did my parents and grandparents generations never have to attend a food bank? Probably because they lived in a bubble of wealth and privilege. Now that the labor market includes 2.5 billion other people who can pull levers for half the cost, its going to be a lot harder to make a living in a developed nation doing a developing nation-job. I'm sure if you ask the millions who have escaped poverty worldwide in the last decade, they'd tell you its been a pretty great year.