>It must be a unique form of consciousness for First World white
>people to be able to believe that human history has naturally led to the
>stage of existence that they enjoy. Never mind that several billion
>people are hungry and living miserable lives.
The hunger and misery of billions is a fact that I'm quite aware of, and it's one of the reasons I'm a socialist and not working for Forbes. But it's a unique form of consciousness for First World white people to want to give up their mode of life, when many - most? - of those billions would be eager to take their place.
Doug