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> 850 million people out of poverty. This is not something a reasonable person can argue against!

I'd argue against it on the grounds that the planet doesn't have enough resources for everyone to live a middle class lifestyle.



So chinese people should just sit down and live low class life. Got it.


You can be aggrieved, blame the west, assign whatever morality you want, it doesn't change the fact that the planet doesn't have enough resources for everyone to live a middle class lifestyle.


So this whole anti china rhetoric had nothing to do with human rights or unfair trade but everything to do with the west not want to squander its middle life style because our planet can't actually support it. I appreciate your honesty but I wouldn't actually expect the chinese to actually sit down and accept it tho


LMAO...

Where is the basis of this not enough resources for middle class life style?

Tell me, what is middle class life style anyway? If you are talking about the American consumerism middle class life style, sure, I think most educated people nowadays do not really like that form of life style, or find it actually comfortable.

And even if that's the style everyone wants to. With tech advancement, why cannot everyone afford that, while still keep the environment health and sustainable for human?

Please enlighten me...


Yes it does. As we automate more, there will even be an opportunity for everyone to work less.


Rather let the Chinese continue to ride on bicycles than the west give up on SUVs.


Are you really arguing that due to limited resources people in less developed countries in Asia or Africa should continue to suffer so that the developed countries can keep their middle class lifestyle?


I didn't say that, I don't know what the answer is. But the fact remains that there are not enough resources for the consumption level where we are now. If another billion people are raised to China levels it will be a bigger disaster.


But that’s not true... it does. Maybe not of US consumption levels... but the US need to sort that out.




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