Thread: Socialism Works!

Originally Posted by gugi

1000 years ago the number of people on earth was a small fraction of today's number, so apparently they managed to live in a lot worse conditions with much larger slices.

Who lived under worse conditions 1000 years ago? The Pope? Roman Emperors? Chinese Emperors? European royalty?

Originally Posted by honedright

Who lived under worse conditions 1000 years ago? The Pope? Roman Emperors? Chinese Emperors? European royalty?

yep, all of them lived worse than the contemporary analogues. and the same is true for any other part of the socioeconomic curve compared to the modern day counterpart.

it is not necessary to go 1000 years ago, I picked that number because the comparison would be obvious, but if you prefer compare your own standard of living with a person on the same level in the social hierarchy say 70 years ago and you probably will notice the same.
the things you have to worry about are quite different from the things they had to worry about.

Originally Posted by gugi

yep, all of them lived worse than the contemporary analogues. and the same is true for any other part of the socioeconomic curve compared to the modern day counterpart.

it is not necessary to go 1000 years ago, I picked that number because the comparison would be obvious, but if you prefer compare your own standard of living with a person on the same level in the social hierarchy say 70 years ago and you probably will notice the same.
the things you have to worry about are quite different from the things they had to worry about.

I think you are making a post hoc argument. Standard of living doesn't necessarily follow the size of your slice.

Originally Posted by honedright

I think you are making a post hoc argument. Standard of living doesn't necessarily follow the size of your slice.

Yep, and what is important to me is the standard of living, not the size of my slice. I think it's the same with most people, or I wish it were.

Well nobody has to worry about a change in that.
As long as the financial interest system constantly pulls the money towards a select few, it will stay as it is. For the price of occasional breakdowns of the markets to clean up with government's debts.