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I liked Jim West\u2019s post today. If you are in the United States or Western Europe, you almost certainly live at a level of luxury that is unknown in much of the world. They<\/em> are the 80%<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

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This isn\u2019t a criticism of the Occupy movement. It is a reminder that the issues of social justice that movement is highlighting are even more severe on a global scale than they are in the experience of most Americans and Europeans.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"