[RansomTime]

Did you read the article?

"my neighbors spending most of their days driving to a job that I know pays them less than they need to feed their kids"

This doesn't sound like someone who has access to all luxuries in the world.

[Tharkun]

Yeah..no. Those same poor neighbours have access to clean water and basic medicine. Even America's "working poor" have access to untold quantities of food compared to people a few centuries ago.

Are things perfect? No. But are people, on average, waaaay better off than they've ever been? Yes.