Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile · Search for Affluence re considered in alt.philosophy
Author: tg
Date: Jul 21, 2008 17:29
......@nc.rr.com> wrote: In modern, Western civilization, "affluence" is typically defined by one's accumulation of possessions...t think it's a very meaningful definition of "affluence". Hunter-gather societies typically had more leisure time,... we've been hoodwinked into thinking that industrialization = affluence . . . that's simply not the case, if we consider the components that ...
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