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Re:Is It Better to Be Poor in Bangladesh or the Mississippi ... by jwhitlark on Thursday March 09, 2017 @12:46PM (#13831100)
When humans come into conflict, and they always do, it's not happiness that decides the winner, it's power. The societies that exist today are the ones that survived, not the ones that are best for their constituents.
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Re:Is It Better to Be Poor in Bangladesh or the Mississippi ... by mmsimanga on Thursday March 09, 2017 @12:49PM (#13831140)
Agreed. Finding valuable minerals in a village is one sure way of ending the peaceful existence. Everything changes!
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