Do you mean “we Americans”? or “we, the people living on the East West Coast”? Because it certainly is not true on a national/worldwide level.
For example, in a “magical post-scarcity society” , you would probably be okay to be (born as) really anybody. You shouldn’t really care as much as you might during medieval times for example.
How about right now? Do you care? Are you willing to trade places? I certainly am not.
Furthermore, you picked the worst possible timing for this post. One should not characterize a society based on a single point in time (particularly at the height of the peak). It would be more robust to pick a time of great stress to pass judgement (c.f. how the character of some people strongly changes the worse times get).
For example, would you be indifferent to your geographical or social position this coming winter? (I’m asking, because prices for everything are on the rise. Particularly interesting for this discussion are prices for natural gas, electricity and fertilizer)
Can’t live in a post-scarcity society without heating and food...
Anyway, I guess we’ll see in one years time how our respective positions aged and/or changed.
Do you mean “we Americans”? or “we, the people living on the
EastWest Coast”? Because it certainly is not true on a national/worldwide level.For example, in a “magical post-scarcity society” , you would probably be okay to be (born as) really anybody. You shouldn’t really care as much as you might during medieval times for example.
How about right now? Do you care? Are you willing to trade places? I certainly am not.
Furthermore, you picked the worst possible timing for this post. One should not characterize a society based on a single point in time (particularly at the height of the peak). It would be more robust to pick a time of great stress to pass judgement (c.f. how the character of some people strongly changes the worse times get).
For example, would you be indifferent to your geographical or social position this coming winter? (I’m asking, because prices for everything are on the rise. Particularly interesting for this discussion are prices for natural gas, electricity and fertilizer)
Can’t live in a post-scarcity society without heating and food...
Anyway, I guess we’ll see in one years time how our respective positions aged and/or changed.