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This is nonsense. There's a direct link between wealth and life expectancy, likelihood of surviving surgery, likelihood you'll be killed by the police, sentence

by dave2000 11y ago

This is nonsense. There's a direct link between wealth and life expectancy, likelihood of surviving surgery, likelihood you'll be killed by the police, sentenced to prison etc.

cm2187 11y ago
Like the comment from sangnoir, I think you have in mind the poorest fraction of the population. I don't think the middle class has a different life expectancy or likelyhood to end up in prison than the top 1% / .01%.
- newjersey 11y ago
  I do think the middle class and the top 0.01% have a different life expectancy and likelihood of ending up in prison. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walton#Automobile_incidents https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walton#Automobile_inci... As others have said, even most of the top 1% isn't immune. They have to work to make money. Many people who are not billionaires probably spend more than they earn making them vulnerable to losing almost everything if they have to spend a year or two in prison.
pink_dinner 11y ago
Why is someone not surviving surgery? Do they have a poor diet, which contributes to riskier health situations? Why will they be killed by the police? Are they threatening someone or do they look like they will? All of the things you listed come down to attitude and personal choice.
- dave2000 11y ago
  Yeah, really the takeaway message from much of the news coming out of the US over the last year or so is pretty much that everyone is treated both equally and fairly. I don't understand anyone who complains about racism, the ever widening gulf between rich and poor etc.
- wfo 11y ago
  Yup, everything bad that has ever happened or will ever happen to you is your fault. In many places in the U.S. "look like they will" is synonymous with "having dark skin". What a horrible attitude and personal choices these people must have.
  - pink_dinner 11y ago
    Your post has no basis in reality. Stop believing the media. It just makes you look foolish.

This is nonsense. There's a direct link between wealth and life expectancy, likelihood of surviving surgery, likelihood you'll be killed by the police, sentenced to prison etc.

cm2187 11y ago

Like the comment from sangnoir, I think you have in mind the poorest fraction of the population. I don't think the middle class has a different life expectancy or likelyhood to end up in prison than the top 1% / .01%.

newjersey 11y ago
I do think the middle class and the top 0.01% have a different life expectancy and likelihood of ending up in prison. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walton#Automobile_incidents https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walton#Automobile_inci... As others have said, even most of the top 1% isn't immune. They have to work to make money. Many people who are not billionaires probably spend more than they earn making them vulnerable to losing almost everything if they have to spend a year or two in prison.

pink_dinner 11y ago

Why is someone not surviving surgery? Do they have a poor diet, which contributes to riskier health situations? Why will they be killed by the police? Are they threatening someone or do they look like they will? All of the things you listed come down to attitude and personal choice.

dave2000 11y ago
Yeah, really the takeaway message from much of the news coming out of the US over the last year or so is pretty much that everyone is treated both equally and fairly. I don't understand anyone who complains about racism, the ever widening gulf between rich and poor etc.
wfo 11y ago
Yup, everything bad that has ever happened or will ever happen to you is your fault. In many places in the U.S. "look like they will" is synonymous with "having dark skin". What a horrible attitude and personal choices these people must have.
- pink_dinner 11y ago
  Your post has no basis in reality. Stop believing the media. It just makes you look foolish.