I don't mind America becoming a Third World country. The weather is better in the Third World than it is where I live in New Hampshire. And household help will be much cheaper.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.
My own experience in the third world was that even if people started to make more money, the cost of living and housing increased often faster than the wages.
If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the reverse has happened, with debt crises and increased poverty.
What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.
Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.
America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.
I think the collision between the First and Third world is going to become more and more conspicuous. It's the big cliff that we've all got to climb.
I think we can create an environment where America can kind of get back on its economic feet.
We should learn to live more with our climate and rely less on electricity to alter our climate.
We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions.