@ancrenne
Of course we're better off than some. That's really not the point that the Loon was making. Being poor is bad. Being rich is good. Being less rich is less good. That stands irrespective of your starting point.

I don't see what you mean about gambling, either. Noone thinks that basing an economy wholly on gambling is a good idea. But, at the same time, and a lot of our wealth has to do with the ability of the financial system to operate in the way it does. Occasionally, it goes tits up - but, on the whole, it serves us well. Datedness of ideas has nothing to do with it.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 14:33, Reply)