[apologies—this was a low-effort comment, and did not address the context of the OP and the underlying question ] ”bad” is only meaningful relative to some other reachable situation. Always need to specify “compared to what”.
I note that you leave out a number of groups in your examples of “whom”—bystanders, consumers who are not customers, potential future creators or customers, etc...
I’d say the status quo is amazingly great for almost everyone, compared to just a few centuries ago. Individually, most of them didn’t exist back then, and they now have a positive-value life. Distributionally, any percentile on any dimension today is better off than a comparable group in history.
I note that you leave out a number of groups in your examples of “whom”—bystanders, consumers who are not customers, potential future creators or customers, etc...
Sure. The two examples I gave were just the two most obvious examples.
“bad” is only meaningful relative to some other reachable situation. Always need to specify “compared to what”.
Compared to… whatever other state of affairs OP thinks is possible (e.g. the one that will obtain if his proposed policies are enacted).
I’d say the status quo is amazingly great for almost everyone, compared to just a few centuries ago.
[apologies—this was a low-effort comment, and did not address the context of the OP and the underlying question ]
”bad” is only meaningful relative to some other reachable situation. Always need to specify “compared to what”.
I note that you leave out a number of groups in your examples of “whom”—bystanders, consumers who are not customers, potential future creators or customers, etc...
I’d say the status quo is amazingly great for almost everyone, compared to just a few centuries ago. Individually, most of them didn’t exist back then, and they now have a positive-value life. Distributionally, any percentile on any dimension today is better off than a comparable group in history.
Sure. The two examples I gave were just the two most obvious examples.
Compared to… whatever other state of affairs OP thinks is possible (e.g. the one that will obtain if his proposed policies are enacted).
True but irrelevant to the discussion.