A lot of good things in life and probably civilisation itself, are based on some people NOT doing well.<p>America could never appear if not the slavery (even that the slavery never became dominant in the North, was a bug, not a feature: original plan was to enslave Native Americans - until they were found out to be lousy workers, but very good fighters). Europe could never become what it is, without serfs and then colonial slaves.<p>You can't have one without the other. For us to have nice things, most people must not have a nice life.