Anonymous
@Crow_Bar, if think the point is exactly in that term “standard of living.” I do not think anyone in Afghanistan knows what it means. They get up in the morning, got the water from the well, grow something in their garden, eat what sustain them, work together through the day and, if they are lucky and they don’t get caught in the crossfire and no one drop a 500lb bomb on their head, they go to bed and are happy to see another day.
Here, we are continuously bombarded (if you let them, that is) by messages designed to make people feel inferior if they do not own things. That set the standard of living, impossible to achieve for many. You’re nothing if you don’t live in a huge house, drive the biggest newest model of car, own the last iPhone and a 70″ screen in every room. No wonder people feel unhappy or depressed.