me: > the problem is that you're missing the point of Doug's missive ... most of > the people who yell and scream about > "over-consumption" (1) are preaching > to working-class people, telling them they don't deserve the kind of standard > of living that they (the elite) enjoy;<
raghu wrote: > Yes absolutely they don't. No one is entitled to this unsustainable > consumption-based lifestyle. What's wrong with saying so? Don't you think that the US working class deserves a share of the bounty that they produced? During recent decades, their share of it has been shrinking steadily. You seem to be forgetting that not only is US consumption one of the highest in the world (in per capita terms) but so is its productivity. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
