Ancalagon
Dusty Dragon
This is an entirely valid way of thinking. Having said that, you draw conclusions and your conclusions are only as good as your choice of yardstick. It's kind of like basic logic. Your yardstick is the given. If the given is flawed then nothing after that matters in logic. Now we could accept your given and then we might challenge your logic but I'm not. If anything I'd challenge your given.
Thank you for the response. And I think arguing about what the yardstick should be is a totally valid line of inquiry. But I can tell you that, for me at least, using income as the yardstick has proven to be very useful for world building.
Hopefully my idea (use a yard stick, decide what it is) will help us discuss more productively... but I have little hope that my idea will be that influential
