...reducing the standard of living of our citizens as a sound policy
was not
living in a reality-based community.
...How do the demands of the environmentalists fare under that
analysis?
...the advanced countries had to drop their standard of living to the
level of third world countries
...large numbers of older people, children, folks with currently
manageable health problems, . . . all dying just like such people do
now in third world countries.
...the resources for the rest of the world to come up to the US level
did not exist.
...To some extent this has come about in the hollowing out of the US
middle class and the third world extremes of income distribution.
...They didn't want to hear that there might be a
technological/engineering fix.
...the people at that meeting were the elite of the elite...
Like maybe they think they have a right to be the ones to survive the
culling? (Sorta like so many have said that Hillary went into the
current campaign thinking she had a divine right to be the next POTUS .
. . )
No Thanks Maru
. . . ronn! :)
hillary does not think she has a divine right to be POTUS, although she
has not been the frontrunner for a while... she does have a right to
keep on running and raising money, at least until obama wins enough
delegates and the super delegates, plus florida and michigan can not
possibly win her the nomination.
as for who gets to live and who dies, it should not be a matter of
elitism, or standard of living. we should be able to use technology
to level living standards, and improve the quality of life, instead of
for spreading conspicuous consumption, waste and poillution to third
and fourth world countries...
jon
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