The USA doesn't have to worry about the guillotines, we are armed to the tooth where I'm from.
A simple fact is that all 7 billion people can't live like upper middle class Americans, it's impossible. Why not have one place in the world that a huge number of people sit at the top?
I guess the major difference is I see myself as an American Citizen and not a Global Citizen.
> A simple fact is that all 7 billion people can't live like upper middle class Americans, it's impossible. Why not have one place in the world that a huge number of people sit at the top?
Because winning the birth lottery gets you to the top, otherwise if you're from somewhere else in the world...good luck.
Of course 7 billion people can't live like upper middle class americans. Upper middle class americans are going to have to bring their lifestyle down to a sustainable level.
We have a myriad of problems at this moment in time, some of them existential. I have very little sympathy for people who think we should maintain the status quo in the face of these problems.
jlawson|7 years ago
Seems to be working very well so far.
The record for those large societies that went for alternatives to capitalism are... not so good.
harimau777|7 years ago
tomjen3|7 years ago
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Carlton87|7 years ago
A simple fact is that all 7 billion people can't live like upper middle class Americans, it's impossible. Why not have one place in the world that a huge number of people sit at the top?
I guess the major difference is I see myself as an American Citizen and not a Global Citizen.
jgh|7 years ago
Because winning the birth lottery gets you to the top, otherwise if you're from somewhere else in the world...good luck.
Of course 7 billion people can't live like upper middle class americans. Upper middle class americans are going to have to bring their lifestyle down to a sustainable level.
We have a myriad of problems at this moment in time, some of them existential. I have very little sympathy for people who think we should maintain the status quo in the face of these problems.