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Sure, much like a the elite ruling class of any society.

Sure, much like a the elite ruling class of any society. How many slaves (or near slaves) made your clothes? Picked your food? Built your computer? Recycled your old computer? What about the garbage man? Postman? Janitor? Teachers? What is it doing to the environment to make your car? How about the electricity you use? How about the plastics/nylon in your clothes, shoes, food packaging, etc? How about your children? What air will they breath? Water will they drink? How much more contaminated will the environment be? How many estrogen mimics will there be? Keep in mind that the current bushmen are basically working half time jobs, are quite healthy (measuring blood values, percent fat, aerobic capacity, etc) AND they are living on extremely marginal land after been pushed out of more desirable land by cities and agriculture. If they weren't forced off the good land their quality of life would be even better. A planet full of similar nomads (at their normal density) would likely last a billion years on the planet. Not sure the current society will last 200 years, and I'm afraid my kid is going to have a WAY tougher time of things than I had. Sure it's great to be in the top few %, getting great health care, making over $100k, and not really having a serious unmet need. This however requires legions of poor working all over the planet and destroying it.

Posted by sliken on Sep 28, 2017, 3:53 AM

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Sure, much like a the elite ruling class of any society.

slikenSep 28, 2017, 3:53 AM

Sure, much like a the elite ruling class of any society. How many slaves (or near slaves) made your clothes? Picked your food? Built your computer? Recycled your old computer? What about the garbage man? Postman? Janitor? Teachers? What is it doing to the environment to make your car? How about the electricity you use? How about the plastics/nylon in your clothes, shoes, food packaging, etc? How about your children? What air will they breath? Water will they drink? How much more contaminated will the environment be? How many estrogen mimics will there be? Keep in mind that the current bushmen are basically working half time jobs, are quite healthy (measuring blood values, percent fat, aerobic capacity, etc) AND they are living on extremely marginal land after been pushed out of more desirable land by cities and agriculture. If they weren't forced off the good land their quality of life would be even better. A planet full of similar nomads (at their normal density) would likely last a billion years on the planet. Not sure the current society will last 200 years, and I'm afraid my kid is going to have a WAY tougher time of things than I had. Sure it's great to be in the top few %, getting great health care, making over $100k, and not really having a serious unmet need. This however requires legions of poor working all over the planet and destroying it.

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