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Does this track actually track with places where the government has largely ignored, such as lgbtqia and immigrant communities? Would anyone reasonably describe
by KittenInABox 5y ago
Does this track actually track with places where the government has largely ignored, such as lgbtqia and immigrant communities? Would anyone reasonably describe undocumented immigrants as having a community that is more robust, bonding together, and having less folks slip through the cracks than a well-funded government with a strong safety net could provide? How is the lgbtqia community going to fund trans people's surgeries and medications, and are they doing it better than what a well-funded healthcare system with minimal bigotry towards trans medical needs would do?
In turn, does this mean we can extrapolate and figure out whether or not more social safety net containing countries, like say the nordic countries, do they have a lesser sense of community than somalia?
- specialist 5y ago> ...does this mean we can extrapolate and figure out whether or not more social safety net containing countries... I've long assumed that financial insecurity leads to all sorts of bad outcomes. Alcoholism, abuse, suicide, etc. The damage spanning generations and very hard to heal. So I support any and all efforts to improve that security. Universal healthcare, universal childcare, affordable housing, living wages, parental leave, small business loans. Name it, I probably support it. In other words, Nordic style social democracy, or whatever it's called. But in truth, I don't actually know that kids in Denmark and Norway do better than in my home state. Overall. I feel like this is something I should know. I have friends who work on progressive policy issues. So I know tidbits. For instance, that generously investing in preschool greatly improves the lifetime outcomes of those kids. But I don't even know where to look for population level comparisons. And my quick foraging online was fruitless.
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