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I never understood comparing Finland and other small countries with the US. Finland's population is less than that of NYC.
by cscurmudgeon 5y ago
I never understood comparing Finland and other small countries with the US.
Finland's population is less than that of NYC.
- floitsch 5y agoThat's why you compare per capita.
- cscurmudgeon 5y agoThat's where you learn some systems are just not scalable. There is a reason why we use complexity measures in computer science. Why do we assume a-priori all social systems are scalable by 10 to 20 times? That seems unscientific.
- maqp 5y agoWhy do you need to compare the entire US? Only 20 states have more people than Finland does. Also, if Japan with its 125 MILLION people can have 0.3 homeless per 100k (about half of what we have in Finland) why can't California with 40M people pull it off. The GDP in California is 70k per capita, In Japan its 40,2k.
- fallingfrog 5y agoMeanwhile, if I suggested doing housing for all, healthcare for all, etc on an island with only 2000 people, you’d tell me that was too few people and you can’t do it that way. So it seems that the only case where it will work is for a country with the exact number of people in the exact latitude as the countries that are already doing it, which are coincidentally the only places where it has been tried? Or maybe, you’re just coming up with excuses.
- cscurmudgeon 5y ago> Or maybe, you’re just coming up with excuses. Where did I say that? Look up logical fallacies. Why do you assume social systems are easily scalable? That seems like an a priori belief without any scientific support.
- fallingfrog 5y agoYou really think that economies of scale are some kind of myth?
- rscoots 5y ago>Meanwhile, if I suggested doing housing for all, healthcare for all, etc on an island with only 2000 people, you’d tell me that was too few people and you can’t do it that way. No?