> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 4:22 AM, Max B. Sawicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > There is plenty of immiseration in the Third World, and in pockets of > the > > U.S., but I don't think that can be a central radical criticism. For > one, people in > > that circumstance aren't in much shape to do anything positive about > it. > > Why not? Isn't that where revolutions start? > > > > > > mbs: I doubt it. > > > > More to the point is the gap between what people expect and what they > get, > > which is more about inequality, not absolute deprivation or literal > starvation. A > > problem is that people use terminology about absolute poverty when they > are really talking > > about inequality (relative poverty). > > Why is this more important than absolute poverty? > -raghu. > > > > mbs: Whether it is more important aside, my point is that people think > it is more important > > because it affects more people. > > -- > 2 + 2 = 5 (for extremely large values of 2) > > > > mbs: nice >
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