Is Craftworld Eldar Society and Standard of Living is superior to the Imperium of Man?

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**ChazSexington**

On topic, God yes, life on a Craftworld is waaaaay superior in all aspects.

DorianGray wrote:

First of all, there is no poverty or need in craftworlds. They have incredible technology that makes work unnecessary. This sloth and excess was the original reason why they created Slaneesh. So essentially imagine it like modern-day NORWAY where no one "needs" to work but many do. So work is a choice. There is massive freedom and pursuit of happiness in that fact alone.

There is poverty here, and unless you fake a handicap to be moved from the unemployment statistic to benefits/unfit for work statistic, much like most Western societies (See the US labour force participation rate), you still have to work.

JustALittleOrkish wrote:
DorianGray wrote:
So essentially imagine it like modern-day NORWAY where no one "needs" to work but many do. So work is a choice. There is massive freedom and pursuit of happiness in that fact alone.

Pardon my real world ignorance but how can Norway exist with nobody needing to work? How could any culture exist with all work purely voluntary?

OP is telling, at best, a truth with modifications.

Spetulhu wrote:
JustALittleOrkish wrote:

They can't, but Norway is one of the few (only?) countries that wouldn't need to have any state debt. Their small population and large oil industry basically means the government has been borrowing money cheaply and reinvesting it for higher returns.

Us, the Saudis, Qatar (notice a pattern) etc. don't have debt due to government effectively seizing the oil rights in the early 70s, similar to what the Venezuelans did recently. However, our state companies function without corruption impairing the economy too much (like Russia's Gazprom or Brazil's Petrobras, but our state telecoms company is currently in a lot of trouble for corruption abroad). While we have a lot of debt, we also have savings that outstrip our low-interest rate debt. However, due to the oil price collapsing, 2015 was the first time we net spent our savings, and the transfer from our state saving account will be approx 1000£ per capita for 2016. Also, the yield on the state fund isn't that high, which has been in the news for a while, though it is difficult to track actual earnings due to currencies racing to the bottom.