While we have no means of calculating analogous figures for the globe, the ecological devastation and increasing suffering of the poor in many parts of the world suggest to us that increased GNP in many Third World Countries is accompanied by increased misery and unsustainability. (religion-online.org)
Upper class lives a happy life spending hours on exciting experiences in virtual reality, provided for the price of suffering of the poor. (gaminginstincts.com)
According to Diamandis, the Gates Foundation, with its focus on alleviating the suffering of the poorest, smacks of the early 20th - century philanthropy of the robber barons — men such as Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller, who built and then milked monopolies before spending their later years doling out cash to worthy causes. (ft.com)