I am happy for the the fact that lot of people have been lifted from poverty.

What I am not happy about is all of us, all 8 billion of us, being able to afford everything we can and hoard useless electronics and plastic doo-dads, waste a ton of resources and live an excessive life. But, "We in the west have it so they should also" is a controversial take on this.

We as Americans waste a lot of resources. That shouldn't be the role model for others.