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What is the US behind on? Access to healthcare, maternal mortality rate, access to abortion, minimum wages, paid time off, public transport, walkable cities, ..

by baby 1y ago

What is the US behind on? Access to healthcare, maternal mortality rate, access to abortion, minimum wages, paid time off, public transport, walkable cities, ...

testfrequency 1y ago
Did you hit the character limit? edit: anyone downvoting me really needs to use one of their 5 llm subs and ask what america is ahead on atm Europe is going bed, have your fun with the karma
supportengineer 1y ago
“When it gets down to it — talking trade balances here — once we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries, once things have evened out, they're making cars in Bolivia and microwave ovens in Tadzhikistan and selling them here — once our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickel — once the Invisible Hand has taken away all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani brickmaker would consider to be prosperity — y'know what? There's only four things we do better than anyone else: music movies microcode (software) high-speed pizza delivery”
- jmclnx 1y ago
  Forgot one, weapons that kill massive amounts of people at once, the US is by far number one in that.
  - floatrock 1y ago
    Including schoolchildren!
- Onavo 1y ago
  That's kinda the point. The whole neoliberal push for capitalism and market access is rooted in the idea of comparative advantages and specialization driving costs down.
- frfl 1y ago
  Had to glance up and check this wasn't HiroProtagonist's account writing this https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=HiroProtagonist https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=HiroProtagonist
- Eric_WVGG 1y ago
  :) (“Snow Crash”, Neal Stephenson, 1992)
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]
- lisbbb 1y ago
  Yeah, I got the reference, but it was bullcrap then and it's still bullcrap now, too.
kulahan 1y ago
These America bad comments are so lame. Pretty much every one of these is a boring example. Abortion access is a debatable topic, most people who want public transit want it so they can get OTHER people off the road, lots of major cities have both public transit and walkability, many states and cities have significantly higher minimum wages, etc. None of these are things most Americans are absolutely clamoring for - you just want to live in Europe without moving there. Well, maybe the concept of free healthcare.
- RajT88 1y ago
  This is not a "America is Bad" debate, it's a "There are things America is bad at which we should get better at". > Abortion access is a debatable topic It's a simple debate though, one we can speedrun: Objections to abortion access are rooted in religious concerns. The first amendment guarantees separation of church and state. Birth control of all sorts are the best method of reducing generational poverty. It is also medically necessary in some cases to save the life of the mother, especially in the case of a non-viable fetus. QED: If you don't like abortion, don't get one. It has multiple societal benefits.
  - newfriend 1y ago
    > Objections to abortion access are rooted in religious concerns. This is simply false. You don't have to be religious to be against killing babies. Many non-religious people find it barbaric.
    - RajT88 1y ago
      According to Pew, 86% of people with no religious affiliation think it should be legal. Why? Because treating a fertilized egg or a fetus as the same thing as a baby is rooted in religion. 13% is few not many. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opini... > This is simply true. FTFY
      - 1y ago
dang 1y ago
"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by baby 1y ago

What is the US behind on? Access to healthcare, maternal mortality rate, access to abortion, minimum wages, paid time off, public transport, walkable cities, ...

testfrequency 1y ago

Did you hit the character limit? edit: anyone downvoting me really needs to use one of their 5 llm subs and ask what america is ahead on atm Europe is going bed, have your fun with the karma

supportengineer 1y ago

“When it gets down to it — talking trade balances here — once we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries, once things have evened out, they're making cars in Bolivia and microwave ovens in Tadzhikistan and selling them here — once our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickel — once the Invisible Hand has taken away all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani brickmaker would consider to be prosperity — y'know what? There's only four things we do better than anyone else: music movies microcode (software) high-speed pizza delivery”

jmclnx 1y ago
Forgot one, weapons that kill massive amounts of people at once, the US is by far number one in that.
- floatrock 1y ago
  Including schoolchildren!
Onavo 1y ago
That's kinda the point. The whole neoliberal push for capitalism and market access is rooted in the idea of comparative advantages and specialization driving costs down.
frfl 1y ago
Had to glance up and check this wasn't HiroProtagonist's account writing this https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=HiroProtagonist https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=HiroProtagonist
Eric_WVGG 1y ago
:) (“Snow Crash”, Neal Stephenson, 1992)
deleted 1y ago
[deleted]
lisbbb 1y ago
Yeah, I got the reference, but it was bullcrap then and it's still bullcrap now, too.

kulahan 1y ago

These America bad comments are so lame. Pretty much every one of these is a boring example. Abortion access is a debatable topic, most people who want public transit want it so they can get OTHER people off the road, lots of major cities have both public transit and walkability, many states and cities have significantly higher minimum wages, etc. None of these are things most Americans are absolutely clamoring for - you just want to live in Europe without moving there. Well, maybe the concept of free healthcare.

RajT88 1y ago
This is not a "America is Bad" debate, it's a "There are things America is bad at which we should get better at". > Abortion access is a debatable topic It's a simple debate though, one we can speedrun: Objections to abortion access are rooted in religious concerns. The first amendment guarantees separation of church and state. Birth control of all sorts are the best method of reducing generational poverty. It is also medically necessary in some cases to save the life of the mother, especially in the case of a non-viable fetus. QED: If you don't like abortion, don't get one. It has multiple societal benefits.
- newfriend 1y ago
  > Objections to abortion access are rooted in religious concerns. This is simply false. You don't have to be religious to be against killing babies. Many non-religious people find it barbaric.
  - RajT88 1y ago
    According to Pew, 86% of people with no religious affiliation think it should be legal. Why? Because treating a fertilized egg or a fetus as the same thing as a baby is rooted in religion. 13% is few not many. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opini... > This is simply true. FTFY
    - 1y ago

dang 1y ago

"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html