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Originally Posted by roflwaffle
Their quality of life sucks based on your opinion...
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Their opinion too, or else why would so many try so hard to emigrate?
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According to that POV Richie Rich who has no kids but consumes more than 30 times what the average American does...
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But it's not primarily consumption. Six billion people are going to screw up the planet, even if they all live as frugally as Gandhi. Indeed, some of the worst environmental degradation happens where per-capita incomes are lowest, such as sub-Saharan Africa.
Haiti's a good example, expecially when compared to the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispanola. The DR has lower population density, a per capita income (which I think is a good proxy for consumption) more than six times that of Haiti ($8100 vs $1300), and far better environmental quality.