Jiang answers that ordinary white American baby boomers enjoyed an unusually privileged standard of living because the American empire transferred global wealth upward into the United States while much of Africa and East Asia remained poor.
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Living Standards
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"Look, you're absolutely right, okay? Listen, if you're an American baby boomer who's white, okay, and who's male, if you're born in the 50s,..."
"...respect to this incredible robotics revolution. So, that's going to raise living standards."
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