Doubtless the 50 million Americans living in poverty appreciate having some power, food and answering machines, while 80% of the wealth lies with the top 10%. Ever do a graph of what that looks like? Perhaps you could debate it with the starving millions across the world. Doesn't America store enough grain to feed the world for a decade in the event of a nuclear war? Now it's asking other countries to do that for it.
For those of us who have a strong conception of morality, the surety of an impending nanotech bounty (presuming America does not decree its knowledge US-owned - like atomic weapons or particle beam projection systems) makes us wish to be more generous NOW. When it means even more. If I ever become wealthy, I intend to put half my wealth into a fund were the interests goes to the third world and the promotion of nanotech.
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