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Richest country in the world, and yet life spans have been stagnant and recently been dropping, infrastructure has been crumbling, and American lives have becom
by AngryData 5y ago
Richest country in the world, and yet life spans have been stagnant and recently been dropping, infrastructure has been crumbling, and American lives have become completely dependent on abusive labor practices and dirty industry of foreign countries to keep the bottom of their economy from collapsing.
- refurb 5y agoI mean a lot of countries have seen reduced lifespans due to Covid. Not sure why you’d call out the US or blame capitalism.
- AngryData 5y agoUS life expectancy started dropping before covid though.
- YATA0 5y agoAnd? The countries with the highest lifespans are capitalist.
- AngryData 5y agoThat doesn't explain Cuba, China, Malaysia, and other countries with huge amounts of state controlled enterprise.
- YATA0 5y agoChina and Malaysia are capitalist, and none of those aforementioned countries are in the top 25 for life expectancy. China isn't even in the top 50, and Cuba is ranked below the US. Swing and a miss. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_ex...