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This is all bullshit, capitalism sucks, everyone needs to slow down and live a little.
I find it disgusting that you could even try talk of capitalism in a good light. I'm sure citizens would also find it absolutely degrading.
And, supposing you are serious, what would you replace it with?
This is a tiny change. Almost half of the world still lives for less than $2.00 per day. Amazing that we can look at those statistics and think that there is significant progress or not be distressed by the inequality. If you honestly assess this fact that almost half live for less than $2.00 per day versus the "first world" consumption then you will come to the conclusion, as I have, that civilization is a myth. Thi…
Good news is all signs point to economics not being a zero-sum game, and thus most of the responses you are getting are likely correct - your premise is flawed.
This is all bullshit, capitalism sucks, everyone needs to slow down and live a little.
Whip these together and you've just made yourself a mediocre high school essay thesis statement.
This is a tiny change. Almost half of the world still lives for less than $2.00 per day. Amazing that we can look at those statistics and think that there is significant progress or not be distressed by the inequality. If you honestly assess this fact that almost half live for less than $2.00 per day versus the "first world" consumption then you will come to the conclusion, as I have, that civilization is a myth. Thi…
"Almost half of the world still lives for less than $2.00 per day." Simply untrue. http://rs.resalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/worldin... "Amazing that we can look at those statistics and think that there is significant progress" http://www.gapminder.org/world/ (hit "Play") "This is incredibly unjust." "To help clarify the matter, get rid of everyone else and put our worker on a desert island, hunting and ga…
This is a tiny change. Almost half of the world still lives for less than $2.00 per day. Amazing that we can look at those statistics and think that there is significant progress or not be distressed by the inequality. If you honestly assess this fact that almost half live for less than $2.00 per day versus the "first world" consumption then you will come to the conclusion, as I have, that civilization is a myth. Thi…
The fact that there are almost 10 billions people alive on this Earth prove otherwise. The population would not flourish if everyone was poor and starving. It's pretty obvious that the world is getting richer and the poors are getting richer no matter what the gap between the poors and the richs is. Now "poor" people in the US have internet access and mobile phones. Come on !
This is a tiny change. Almost half of the world still lives for less than $2.00 per day. Amazing that we can look at those statistics and think that there is significant progress or not be distressed by the inequality. If you honestly assess this fact that almost half live for less than $2.00 per day versus the "first world" consumption then you will come to the conclusion, as I have, that civilization is a myth. Thi…
Your premise is faulty and following through on it could doom the poor of the world to continued poverty. First world consumption isn't something that's done at the expense of the 3rd world, it's something that sends money and skilled jobs to the developing world to help them bootstrap their way to wealth. Look at china, south korea, taiwan, etc. these countries have climbed out of 3rd world poverty by being "exploit…
They use figures from 2005 and 2008 so they can't legitimately try to relate the economic downturn to improvements in worldwide poverty.