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Much American consumption is wasteful and doesn’t contribute to high quality of life. For example, per-capita oil consumption rates in Western Europe are about half those in the U.S., but the well-being of the average Western European is higher than that of the average American by any meaningful criterion, such as life expectancy, health, infant mortality, access to medical care, financial security after retirement, vacation time, quality of public schools, and support for the arts.
science is basically just the accurate description and understanding of the real world.
PLATE 5.2. Sukarno (center) sitting with the leaders of China and Egypt, pursuing Third World anti-colonial politics.
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PLATE 5.3. Suharto, Indonesia’s military dictator and eventually seven-term president after the failed 1965 coup.
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