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I visited The Soviet Union very briefly in 1988, when it was still 100% communist. I was told how even factory workers, truck drivers, street cleaners and trash collectors could spend an evening at...

But Mike, it's still relative. It all depends how one feels about one's circumstances.

I drive a beat-up 1986 Isuzu Trooper with 290,000 miles on the clock. Do I feel 'poor'? No, my neighbors only...

But trying to escape the 'poverty trap' is an endless escalator to nowhere.

I've thought of starting a thread titled There is no Poverty. I decided against it, as I suspected many readers might...

... and may lead to humanity's downfall unless there are major transformations in the global economic system, and the whole way humans value and worship money, in the next decade.

Yes, I entirely agree. It's a huge dilemma, and I see no way out of it right now (for us here on Planet Earth). The thread How ET societies have thrived might be relevant!

Yes. :thumbsup: But I'd suggest that this only happens if the following additional factors are present:


Competition (between corporations or nations), which is often simply the combo of fear...

When a new technology is created, a new set of responsibilities is also created.
When a new technology is created, some people and organizations that possess, use and control that technology will...