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Your response is not addressing my claims, homelessness is increasing, life expectancy is lagging poorer countries and there are still food security issues not

Your response is not addressing my claims, homelessness is increasing, life expectancy is lagging poorer countries and there are still food security issues not being addressed in the richest country in history. I’m discussing material outcomes and you want to focus on social progress….which is fine I guess? Anyway I have receipts https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-life-expectancy-compare-countries/#Life%20expectancy%20at%20birth,%20in%20years,%201980-2024 https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-lif... https://www.unc.edu/discover/u-s-life-expectancy-drop-caused-by-more-than-pandemic/ https://www.unc.edu/discover/u-s-life-expectancy-drop-caused... https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo... https://www.security.org/resources/homeless-statistics/ https://www.security.org/resources/homeless-statistics/

ben_w 3mo ago
Those are all US stats. US got problems. World's much bigger than the US, and is getting better: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?time=1770..2023&country=~OWID_WRL https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?time=1770... https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/prevalence-of-undernourishment?country=~OWID_WRL https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/prevalence-of-undernouris... https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-population-living-in-extreme-poverty-by-world-region https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-population-living-i...
- throwaway-11-1 3mo ago
  Yeah that’s totally fair and really good to see. It’s maybe the one perspective that gives me some hope
  - omicronxt 3mo ago
    Our world in data is neoliberal think tank supported by billionares. They got bad reputation of misrepresenting data to favor capitalism as inherently progressive.
    - bit-anarchist 3mo ago
      > Our world in data is neoliberal think tank How so?

ben_w 3mo ago

Those are all US stats. US got problems. World's much bigger than the US, and is getting better: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?time=1770..2023&country=~OWID_WRL https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?time=1770... https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/prevalence-of-undernourishment?country=~OWID_WRL https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/prevalence-of-undernouris... https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-population-living-in-extreme-poverty-by-world-region https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-population-living-i...

throwaway-11-1 3mo ago
Yeah that’s totally fair and really good to see. It’s maybe the one perspective that gives me some hope
- omicronxt 3mo ago
  Our world in data is neoliberal think tank supported by billionares. They got bad reputation of misrepresenting data to favor capitalism as inherently progressive.
  - bit-anarchist 3mo ago
    > Our world in data is neoliberal think tank How so?