I only lasted 2 hours on the Water Board when I was told "Son, we don't work that way on the Water Board." I took the job mainly to see how the other half lived. It was the first time I worked with an Aborigine and old Yugos.
The Chinese Miracle is inspiring. I don't know the figures but untold millions of Chinese had their quality of life improved enormously by the rise of capitalism in China. Like from starvation and poverty to a safe healthy life by working in factories turning coal and iron ore into the trappings of a modern life and selling them overseas.
Super wealth is not really a problem. The rise of the super wealthy has co-incided with the most amazing rise in the quality of life for over 6 million people in the last 60 to 70 years. The information is available, I suggest you ask at your local library for 'Factfulness' by Hans Rosling and find out what's really going on in the world. You can borrow it from the Tweed Richmond library. The Byron Bay Echo's view of the world is that of bitter old hippies who have become passé. Poverty has always been part of life but it has a much smaller role now.
