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It's all just degrees of suffering. European socialism is "not so bad" compared to North Korea, until you learn that Europeans on the whole are also significan
by megiddo 9y ago
It's all just degrees of suffering.
European socialism is "not so bad" compared to North Korea, until you learn that Europeans on the whole are also significantly poorer than those in the US.
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- rev_bird 9y agoDegrees of suffering! How many people in Norway died from not being able to afford a trip to the hospital? How many medical bankruptcies have there been on that entire continent? Any at all?
- geofft 9y agoAs one of the people pushing up the average in the US (thanks to having a tech industry job in a big city), I would be quite happy to be significantly poorer if the poor of the US got significantly richer: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/15/extreme-poverty-america-un-special-monitor-report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/15/extreme-povert...
- liotier 9y ago> European socialism is "not so bad" compared to North Korea, until you learn that Europeans on the whole are also significantly poorer than those in the US. Yes, if you define "poor" in terms of net income. I could at least double my salary by moving from Paris to California, yet my standards of living would plunge... I love paying taxes - and every trip to a low-tax country reminds me of that !
- salmonfamine 9y agoAnd as we all know, median income is a good measuring tool for the total health of a society.
- _wdh 9y agoQuality of life is more important than raw cash.