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[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 46 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It's a mystery how the US belongs to a select group of contries with homongous GDP but lower life expectancy.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Inequality is like some of the worst developing world countries

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/05/progress-by-samuel-miller-mcdonald-review-humanitys-greatest-myth

Inequality is soaring, with the 1% scooping up ever-larger shares of global wealth. These days, the US has a Gini coefficient – the most common international measurement of inequality – on a par with slave-owning Ancient Rome. Maternal mortality rates for American millennials are three times higher than those of their parents’ generation

[–] haloduder@thelemmy.club 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's always acceptable to kill a rich person.

They only got rich by killing and exploiting poor people.

Unless they renounce their wealth and give most of it away, kill them.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk -3 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Why is the US dollar always worth less than the pound and the euro, if it's this great functioning economy? I've never been able to work that one out.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago

Because 1 apple isn't equal to 1 banana.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Because the actual number doesn't matter, only the change trajectory.

Put it differently: A water melon costs more than a dollar. Still, a water melon doesn't have a great functioning economy.

Because the actual amount of money is somewhat arbitrary.

Like how if it is 77°F in the US it is the same temperature as it being 25°C in France.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

That's why people really ought to be taught basic economics before being let out to frolic in the wild.