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Re:Cargo Is Piling Up Everywhere, and It's Making Inflation ... by pirate787 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:13AM (#27591169)
The world for nearly everyone is vastly better today than 1,000 years ago. The poor in America today live better lives, at least materially, than the aristocrats of just 200 years ago. It is a great irony that one of the biggest problems facing modern society is obesity-- food is plentiful to excess and labor-saving devices in every household.
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Re:Cargo Is Piling Up Everywhere, and It's Making Inflation ... by oblio on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:58AM (#27591668)
Food is cheap but housing is expensive.

Yeah, you can get a cheap house. Somewhere were there are no jobs and you couldn't even buy that cheap food, because you wouldn't have any income.

Masses of homeless people are almost as angry as starving people.

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Re:Cargo Is Piling Up Everywhere, and It's Making Inflation ... by miltondts on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:31AM (#27591369)
Yes, but that is not what I meant. I meant that the difference in power between the most powerful and the least is growing. The counter to that, seems to be rapidly disappearing. Without a negative feedback, and with greater automation, the super powerful won't have any incentives to keep the average person happy. Our tools of power (revolt and production of goods and services) are disappearing. That could lead to a very good future or a very bad one.
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