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The US is only 4.25% of the world's population though. (We do hold 20% of the whole world's prison population, so there's that.)
by ttfkam 3y ago
The US is only 4.25% of the world's population though.
(We do hold 20% of the whole world's prison population, so there's that.)
- bequanna 3y agoWhat’s your point? That we should revert our living standards to the global mean because…?
- ttfkam 3y agoEfficient != Substandard Sitting in traffic for an hour because public transit infrastructure is woefully underfunded and ignored is not an improved standard of living. No longer being allowed to roll coal on bikers doesn't lower average living standards.
- seadan83 3y agoLiving standards in the US are reverting to the global mean well enough on it's own Life expectancy is not even top 20 and dropping. Social mobility is also not top 20, cost of healthcare is up there, poverty is up there.
- klyrs 3y ago> (We do hold 20% of the whole world's prison population, so there's that.) Prisoners have the smallest carbon footprint of us all. Is this progress? (bitter sarcasm)
- Ekaros 3y agoMaybe solution is to force everyone live like prisoners...