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highthief · 05-20-2006, 12:26 PM

We are absolutely 100% better off in virtually every respect than any generation that has gone before - all around the world, but especially in the West and parts of Asia/Australia, standards of living are higher, people live longer, have access to food and medicine, have few incidents of war, crime is down, etc. There is no way to argue otherwise.

I think the one thing where we may have it worse is when it comes to the risks. We do have the power to destroy this world - via nukes, pollution, environmental degredation and so on (not that we will but the potential is there) and that upsets a lot of people. Personnel satisfaction goes up and down, but obviously a lot of westerners are spoiled and consequently, discontented in some parts of their lives.

05-20-2006, 12:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	We are absolutely 100% better off in virtually every respect than any generation that has gone before - all around the world, but especially in the West and parts of Asia/Australia, standards of living are higher, people live longer, have access to food and medicine, have few incidents of war, crime is down, etc. There is no way to argue otherwise. I think the one thing where we may have it worse is when it comes to the risks. We do have the power to destroy this world - via nukes, pollution, environmental degredation and so on (not that we will but the potential is there) and that upsets a lot of people. Personnel satisfaction goes up and down, but obviously a lot of westerners are spoiled and consequently, discontented in some parts of their lives. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.