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America vs the World: Quality of Life
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Some of the claims in the article are untrue (70% of taxes going to the military) and others are just nuts (the government is going to lock the place down...they don’t want their “recruits” escaping. They don’t want YOU escaping)
However, let's take a look at the primary claim:
"You (Americans) have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin"
and some of the supporting claims
Americans have:
-less access to health care
-poorer diets (less healthy)
-Low quality food (more processed, more contamination, etc)
-More reliance on meds
-Less vacation time (more stress)
-Expensive education (starting life with high debt)
-Greater Debt Overall
-Higher Bankruptucy rates (see above on debts)
-Less freedom (drug tests, surveillence)
-Misinformed citizenry (Fox News, Right/Left wing media)
-An uneducated population
-Corrupt politicians
-Crushing Debt
-etc, etc, etc.
I'd love to hear from anyone, but especially those of you who reside outside of America and can provide objective viewpoints.
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on -
And in the 18th century world that you wish still existed. Much of it was a common occurrence.
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Permalink Reply by MCT on -
No, to be honest, I would rather be alive now, for I think, obvious reasons. Simply the idea that individuals get to keep the fruits of their labor, as much as possible. Common occurrence? I don't get it.
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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on
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Study your history. Otherwise don't boost certain times periods as what to emulate. You will just come off as uneducated.
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Permalink Reply by MCT on
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That's productive. I'm not worried about coming off uneducated. I know I'm not. I never said that the 18th century was great. Just talking about individual rights and how those freedoms are being taken away from Americans more and more.
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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on
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Then when mention the 18th century at all? For those of us who have studied what daily life was back then, is obvious you have no idea what their "freedom" was like.
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Permalink Reply by MCT on
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Again, I am not now and did not ever suggest that life was better then. Their relative respect for individual rights deserves applause.
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Permalink Reply by LarryL on -
"Arbitrary"? No, I don't think so. This is pretty much the end game of what you are asking for isn't it (minus the christian prayers)?
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Permalink Reply by TK on -
This noting but a huge appeal to emotion. I think it's unfair to lump libertarians into one group and say we are all aligned with corporate interest. I would identify as a libertarian as I believe in individual rights, but I do not see businesses as an individual. Our current situation is far more complex then this copypasta of some chain email you got.
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Permalink Reply by Willow on -
I cannot think of a more degraded and immoral way of life than that. How selfish and self-centered can any one person be.
The entire idea of helping others came from family groups to join together to make a stronger bond and work together and prosper. With talk like yours, the entire system fails from the ground up.
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Permalink Reply by MCT on
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Willow,
When you wish to take my money because you think you need it, you are being as selfish as I am. Selfishness is not bad. Neither is compassion, respect, sharing, giving, helping, philanthropy or charity, but forced sacrifice is bad.
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