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Why the most prosperous country in the world has homeless, opioid epidemic and is pretty consistent in having the same kind of problems? Can you really call it
by Muromec 2y ago
Why the most prosperous country in the world has homeless, opioid epidemic and is pretty consistent in having the same kind of problems? Can you really call it the most prosperous then?
- dmitrygr 2y agoYes I can. Because none of the others would allow my family the standard of life we have here.
- mullingitover 2y agoThe US does a great job at hyping itself, but let's be realistic: it's 20th in human development index[1]. "Sure," you might say, "regular people don't do as well here, but you can get ahead here if you work hard! That's the American Dream™." Nope, it's also 27th in social mobility[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Dev... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Social_Mobility_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Social_Mobility_Index
- nightski 2y agoI was part of a student exchange with Sweden. This is just an anecdotal experience but if that is what 4 on the mobility list looks like then they got something horribly wrong. I enjoyed many aspects of the country, but prosperous and highly mobile is not what I observed in any way.
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