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> "On a family scale, being rich is close to the healthiest thing you can do." I would say being self-reliant is the 'healthiest' thing you can do. Being rich
by ZenoArrow 9y ago
> "On a family scale, being rich is close to the healthiest thing you can do."
I would say being self-reliant is the 'healthiest' thing you can do.
Being rich is a type of self-reliance, but it comes with its downsides. The biggest one is probably isolation. A disconnection from the world around you. Perhaps the world around you is 'unhealthy' so it makes some sense to be disconnected from it, but generally it's a downside.
- viraptor 9y agoThat's a deeper / secondary result. I was thinking in terms of basic needs. Self-reliance is good, but if you live in a good area, close to a good hospital where you don't wait and don't need to worry that calling an ambulance is a debt risk, your survival chance is much higher. You can't realistically provide this yourself / in small community. Even basic human events like a childbirth: if everything goes well - great, if you get PPH - you've potentially got minutes before bleeding out.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoThat's why you should support public health services. That way everyone in your community can benefit from the services that you can't provide for yourself. Self-reliance is an ideal rather than the be-all end-all.