Critics say that very question is indicative of a middle to middle-upper class movement.
Families struggling to obtain basic food and shelter, for instance, can be sure that more is better.
They don't have the luxury of deciding whether to upgrade their PCs. Our consumer culture assures us that each of us deserves the most we can get. Unfortunately, the late 20th century experience has proved otherwise. The global poor has similarly seen minimal change in their levels of consumption. The problem, explain environmental economists, lies in traditional economists' failure to recognize limits.