Reply #28: "Uplift poor places like China"

[Oregone]

Another angle that is somewhat curious...

What if you equalized the standard of living globally by lifting up 3rd world countries? Does anyone understand the amount of industrialization and production that would take? Do people understand the amount of resources it would take? The amount of environmental destruction?

Now, I'm not one to sit here an say global disparity is a moral good because the alternative is the death of the earth. I'm rather just pointing out what that alternative really is. Once you realize that, you find yourself between an idealogical rock and a hard place. The globe literally could not take upward equalization. The only feasible direction, with all things considered and limited resources, is a race to the bottom. The globe is already at a tipping point, and the industrialization of China just illustrates how the advancement of a single country (a large one) adds more straw to the camel's back.