GHung wrote:They (and society tends to agree) are more entitled to build, and remain, anywhere they want. Money talks. These 'new' coastal communities are perceived to generate GDP even as the costs are socialised.
dohboi wrote:" hierarchical structure is part of our Western culture"
Perhaps, but so is overturning hierarchical structures when they get too oppressive. French Revolution, anyone???
Newfie wrote:I think that hierarchical structure is part of our Western culture, a critical part. So, yes, its prety obvious we protect the privileged class, hell we created it, and float it all along. It makes some kind of sense, it must. I've some ideas about why but nothing definitive.
Ibon wrote:The irony is that the poor, the first to be displaced, have the potential to end up being ahead of the curve, for they will be displaced early on and have more time to adapt elsewhere. Especially if they practice real frugal sustainable living arrangements. The wealthy, feeling entitled to keeping their lifestyle intact, will be dumping resources in a no win situation. In the end they may end up behind.
Remember that defining resources is not just physical. The poor will develop community based resources and learn to barter and trade outside the mainstream economy. The wealthy will be impoverished long term as they will rely more on physical walls and barbwire then they will on collaboration.
This is the potential irony.
Outcast_Searcher wrote:In the real world, the majority of the rich (I'll include the upper middle class here) got that way by (in the words of Ayn Rand) productive achievement.
dohboi wrote:"“There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-kid’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
unless you want to claim poor folks can afford beach-front homes on the Outer Banks.
when I hear people slam Rand, I hear folks in favor of bloated bureauocracy, middle managers, who desperately want to be rich and will screw the poor to achieve their personal goals.
unless you want to claim poor folks can afford beach-front homes on the Outer Banks.
Is it too much to consider that folks at flood risk are both rich AND poor?
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