All I am saying is that we should make an effort to insure that our high standard of living doesn't come at the expense of those of other people or societies. I am not necessarily claiming that it is,......just that it should not.

You can't argue against the fact there is only a certain amount of resources for the world ( wealth is just a $ valuation of a resource IMO) nor can you argue the West consumes more than our proportionate share of these resources.

My intent was not to try and create feelings of guilt for living in a prosperous society nor to disuade people from participating in that prosperity. I just wanted to state my opinion that we can't on one hand accept the benefits provided to us living in an industrialized nation and on the other deny responsibility for the effect our actions have on the global community. This holds true no matter if the consequences were intended or not.

Like WagnerX5 said "A fact of life is that societies in general are guided by the wealthy or privelaged, not the common citizen. This is a fuel of most conflict through out history."
I believe that Western society and North America in particular as the wealthiest nations in history have a social obligation to champion global equity (not to be confused with communism which, as we have all seen, doesn't work too well.)

Just my opinion. Definitely not intended to back anyone into a corner.