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Bulgaria economy and the average citizen quality of life are not that correlated. You can have one improving while the other is deteriorating. We saw what happe
by csomar 1y ago
Bulgaria economy and the average citizen quality of life are not that correlated. You can have one improving while the other is deteriorating. We saw what happened in the US when such a gap became wide enough.
- epolanski 1y agoBy many metrics (life expectancy, inequality, literacy, poverty rates) the US is a third world country.
- petesergeant 1y agoEven grok would call you out on this.
- decimalenough 1y agoNo, it really isn't. Although there are some pockets of poverty that come close.
- guappa 1y agoRich people in 3rd world countries do very well.
- dzhiurgis 1y agoRich people do well everywhere
- epolanski 1y agoLife expectancy in US is 78 compared to 82 in Europe. Child mortality is closer to Africa than Europe. Again, about children, US has the second poorest children among the 35 most developed countries in the world. More than half Americans have their literacy prophiciency below elementary level. There's almost a million homeless people in US, that's more than in several rich countries like Japan, Italy, Poland, Germany, etc, combined. Hell I've never seen bidonvilles and tents all around cities in Europe or most of Asia like I've seen in LA or SF. Inequality in US is at south America level. US has more incarcerated population than all developed countries combined.
- wiseowise 1y agoYou must be American. Only Americans hate their country that much.
- raspasov 1y agoYou are just plain wrong. Also, social mobility is preferable to inequality. Inequality is terrible on many levels. Everyone is poor – low inequality (1) Everyone is middle class – low inequality (2) Many poor, few rich – high inequality (3) Theoretical cases, not observed in the real world: Few poor, many rich – high inequality (4) Everyone is rich – low inequality (5) The metric of "inequality" only scores well with either poverty (1) or average outcomes (2) in the real world. Is that socialism or communism? I forget.
- csomar 1y agoI don't think a "third world country" or "developing country" mean anything any more. Turkey/Istanbul and Congo/Kinshasa are both developing countries/cities. One has issues but functional transportation, water/electricity, acceptable healthcare, etc. and the other is a literal shit-hole. The term was invented very long ago and now is no longer applicable. Edit: Also third-world country mean something else completely since Turkey is first-world by original definition.