When I say “our economic system” I am not talking about capitalism generally, I’m talking about the US system specifically, where we are: 51st in percentage of

When I say “our economic system” I am not talking about capitalism generally, I’m talking about the US system specifically, where we are: 51st in percentage of the population that lives in poverty [1] Decent but worse than social democratic countries like France and Germany in hunger [2] Ranked below Canada, France, Germany, the UK in healthcare outcomes, which all have more socialized systems than we do [3] So I stand behind my broader point: the culture of individualism in the US benefits a select few and hurts us as a whole. 1: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/poverty-rate-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/poverty-r... 2: https://journalistsresource.org/home/food-insecurity-health/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20rate%20of%20food,data%20about%20world's%20largest%20problems. https://journalistsresource.org/home/food-insecurity-health/... 3: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/PDF_Blumenthal_mirror_mirror_2024_Exhibits.pdf https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/2024-09...