Mounting Soapbox - A quick story from over 35 years ago ...

... we the wealthy could live more responsibly and reduce unnecessary suffering for ourselves as well as others.

In the late 1980’s, a journalist was on assignment covering cultures around the world and specifically, how their cultures relate to and think of our culture. His guide in East Africa (the affluent part of Central Africa) invited him to come see the distribution of the clothes from the dead Americans to the locals. When the journalist asked the guide why the locals thought the clothes were from dead Americans, the guide looked at him oddly and said, “Why would a living person give away any of their clothes?”

Of course, this was almost 2 generations ago. With some bumps along the way, Africa has been experiencing strong economic growth for some time now.