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   Message 521 of 2,235   
   j3r to ghost   
   Re: Why Isn't There a Cyberpunk Movement   
   11 Nov 03 19:00:58   
   
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   From: j3r@example.net   
      
   In  ghost    
   wrote:   
   > In article <20031111121903260-0500@news.wplus.net>,   
   >  j3r  wrote:   
   >> Alternately, we just wait for our wealth to spread throughout the   
   >> world, at  which point the living standards differential between   
   >> countries becomes  pretty small. Of course, this sucks for everyone   
   >> in the 1st world.  j3r   
   >   
   >   
   > Even if the standard of living is made uniform .. though I'm not sure   
   > I  see why it would suck for the 1st world unless it went down ..   
   > there  still has to be a way to get money to everyone so everyone can   
   > buy stuff  and thus keep the economy from just grinding to a halt.   
   >   
   > The way I see it we just don't have the means to employ six billion   
   > people or so in order to keep the standard of living above Homeless   
   > and Destitute.   
      
   Yes   
      
   And now you see why it would suck for the 1st world.   
      
   j3r   
      
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